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In <20186.2b362c76@ul.ie> murraya@ul.ie writes:
>Can anybody give me details on an application to mark-up text from ordinary
>ascii files 'automatically', using certain Rules  eg. two blank lines
>indicates the begining of a paragraph.
>
>Any  information on the subject would be appreciated!
>
>  <Aonghus>
>

There are a number of products that can do this.  I'm aware
of the following vendors:

Avalanche Technology:  FastTag and SGML Hammer products.
IBM:   TextTagger/ESA, which is based on Avalanche's technology.
Zandar Corp:  TagWrite for Windows
Software Exoterica:  Omnimark

The Avalanche, IBM, and Exoterica products are all powerful
but somewhat complex, intended for industrial-strength
applications.  TagWrite is fairly easy to use, but doesn't
have the full programability of Omnimark or FastTag.

I'm sure there are other products, but the above are the
ones I have information on.

I've spent a few hours playing with TagWrite and found it fairly easy
to set up transforms, and I imagine that for tagging of flat ascii
that has predictable patterns, its a good value, as it's much less
expensive than the other products listed.  It does not incorporate an
SGML parser, so it is not suited to full-function untagging
applications, unless I've missed something.  It can untag SGML markup
that either does not use attributes or for which the attributes are in
predictable places or can be ignored (not the case in the untagging
applications I have).  The mapping tables are defined using a
Windows interface, which once you've worked through the tutorials
provided in the documentation, is fairly easy to use.

Avalanche can be reached at:

  Avalanche Development Co.
  947 Walnut Street
  Boulder, CO 80302
  (303) 449-5032
  louise@avalanche.com

Software Exoterica can be reached at:

  Exoterica Corp
  1545 Carling Ave, Suite 404
  Ottawa Canada K1Z 8P9
  +1 613 722 1700

Zandar Corporation can be reached at:

  P.O Box 467
  Jericho, VT 05465
  (802) 899-1058

Contact your local IBM branch office for information
on TextTagger/ESA.

Eliot Kimber                      Internet:  drmacro@ralvm13.vnet.ibm.com
Dept E14/B500                     IBMMAIL:   USIB2DK9@IBMMAIL
Network Programs Information Development     Phone: 1-919-543-7091
IBM Corporation
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709