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Started by John Vernes
Wed, 16 Dec 1992 09:53
WANTED : Documentation on SGML.
Author: John Vernes
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 09:53
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 09:53
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I would like to know, how and where I can get documentation on SGML. Help is wanted, please. ---------=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-==--------------------------- John Vernes (johnv@sci.kun.nl)
Re: WANTED : Documentation on SGML.
Author: Bill Downing
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 14:48
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 14:48
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In article <BzCJHH.1wL@sci.kun.nl> johnv@sci.kun.nl (John Vernes) writes: >I would like to know, how and where I can get documentation on SGML. > >Help is wanted, please. > >---------=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-==--------------------------- > >John Vernes (johnv@sci.kun.nl) > > If you want the actual ISO standard, I'm sure someone here knows the answer on how to obtain it (I don't)... A good book, authored by the "father of SGML", is Charles Goldfarb's SGML Handbook published by Oxford University Press. This is about as close as I've seen to an authoritative SGML text without actually going to the ISO standard doc itself... -- Bill Downing, President Email: bdowning@unixland.natick.ma.us DOWNING ASSOCIATES, INC. 8 Doyle Lane, Hopkinton, MA 01748 508-435-4567
Re: WANTED : Documentation on SGML.
Author: Erik Naggum
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 16:09
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 16:09
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[Bill Downing]
|
| A good book, authored by the "father of SGML", is Charles Goldfarb's
| SGML Handbook published by Oxford University Press. This is about as
| close as I've seen to an authoritative SGML text without actually
| going to the ISO standard doc itself...
Huh? Charles F. Goldfarb: The SGML Handbook (ISBN 0-19-853737-9)
_includes_ the text of ISO 8879 verbatim, in toto, with his annotations.
(It also has a tutorial on LINK, and an excellent overview of the
concepts and definitions in the standard, which helps organize them, and
ties them together. I'd rate this overview as the most important part
of the book after having worn out one copy of it.)
Charles Goldfarb is the project editor for the SGML standard, and the
Handbook contains the text of the standard with amendment 1, and with
the clarifications proposed by ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 18/WG 8. This means
that The SGML Handbook is arguably more authoritative than the standard.
If there is any source of information on SGML, the language and the
standard, this book is it. Joan Smith and Robert Stutely: SGML: A
User's Guide to ISO 8879 (ISBN 0-7458-0221-4 or ISBN 0-470-21126-1)
contains a very valuable index of the public entities defined in the
standard, with a typical glyph for each.
Best regards,
</Erik>
--
Erik Naggum ISO 8879 SGML +47 295 0313
ISO 10744 HyTime
<erik@naggum.no> ISO 9899 C Memento, terrigena
<enag@ifi.uio.no> ISO 10646 UCS Memento, vita brevis
WANTED : Documentation on SGML.
Author: Brian E. Travis
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 05:18
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 05:18
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In article <BzCJHH.1wL@sci.kun.nl> johnv@sci.kun.nl writes: > > I would like to know, how and where I can get documentation on SGML. > > Help is wanted, please. My company, SGML Associates, publishes a monthly newsletter on all things SGML. We also have six years worth of back issues for people just getting started in the world of SGML. Send a requst to tag@sgml.com or watch this newsgroup for the monthly abstract listing for more details. -- Brian E. Travis brian@sgml.com SGML Architect, Managing Editor, Tele: +1 303 680-0875 InfoDesign Corp. <TAG> The SGML Newsletter Fax: +1 303 680-4906
Re: WANTED : Documentation on SGML.
Author: MASON J D
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 04:38
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 04:38
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One should note that Dr. Goldfarb's book INCLUDES the text of the ISO standard. Other books: Practical SGML, Erik van Herwijnen, Kluwer An Author's Guide to SGML, Martin Bryan, Adison Wesley A journal, <TAG> And, of course, the SGML Users' Group Folks in the U.S. can get information on all of the above from : Mr. Marion Elledge Graphic Communications Association 100 Daingerfield Rd. Alexandria, VA 22314 U.S.A. Telephone: +1 703 519-8160 Telefax: +1 703 548-2867 Network: mern@well.sf.ca.us James David Mason Convenor, ISO/IEC JTEC1/SC18/WG8 masonjd @ ornl.gov
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