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Article #6931Re: SGML: a different kind of markup
From: Paul Pedersen
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 1990 12:37
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 1990 12:37
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In article <1990Mar3.224625.2621@sq.sq.com> dns@sq.com (David Slocombe) writes: > [a lot of stuff deleted..] >There is, today, *no* standard method for encoding the way things >are to *look* on the page. SGML *is* a major achievement, because > [more stuff deleted..] I must object. There is such a standard ISO 8613 "Office Document Architecture" or if you prefer CCITT Rec. T.41x "Open Document Architecture". In this standard, both the logical structure and the "layout structure" are part of the interchanged document, including "styles" for presentation and selection of layout. While ODA (currently) cannot handle the complexity of layout hoped for in DSSSL, it is quite suitable for normal "rectangular" layout. Paul
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!philmtl!pedersen From: pedersen@philmtl.philips.ca (Paul Pedersen) Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: Re: SGML: a different kind of markup Summary: A standard for layout Keywords: ODA, SGML Message-ID: <1098@philmtl.philips.ca> Date: 5 Mar 90 12:37:49 GMT References: <1990Mar3.224625.2621@sq.sq.com> Organization: Philips Electronics Ltd. - St. Laurent P.Q., Canada Lines: 19