news@sun.uucp (news) (07/14/88)
I need information on Standard Graphics Markup Language (SGML) and
Standard Document Markup Language. Specifically:
o what are they?
o why would I want to use either of them?
o how do they differ functionally from PostScript (tm)?
o what documentation is available?
o what types of information can be encoded with these
langauges?
Thanks in advance.
Jeff Marchese
{sun,ames,att}!pacbell!ptsfa!jem
(415)823-5163
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with a subject line of helpromwa@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu (Mark Dornfeld) (07/17/88)
In article <59744@sun.uucp> news@sun.uucp (news) writes: >I need information on Standard Graphics Markup Language (SGML) and >Standard Document Markup Language. Specifically: > > o what are they? The only SGML I'm aware of stands for Standard Generalized Markup Language. I do not claim that this is the only facility to use the SGML acronym. SGML is an ISO standard (# 8879) and is a generic language for marking up text. It has virtually no facilities for marking up graphics other than indicating the location of a graphic element in a document and perhaps the file name of the graphic. SGML requires a parser and a formatting program to produce text. Troff or Tex are excellent for this kind of process. > > o why would I want to use either of them? SGML is independant of any hardware or formatting program. Thus it can be used as a corporate standard for data archives or Records Management. It is also being adopted by numerous typesetters. This should make publishing a little more competitive since editing need only go to the SGML stage and no system-specific commands will be embedded in the document. > > o how do they differ functionally from PostScript (tm)? SGML is not a programming language. There is no analogy there. > > o what documentation is available? ISO standards document: Ref. No. ISO 8879-1986 (E). There is also a publication of the American Association of Publishers (AAP) dealing with their adoption of the standard. > > o what types of information can be encoded with these > langauges? Any kind of information can be designated, but the types of information depend on the power of the formatter. I don't see why SGML can't be translated into a format for a technical publishing system such as Interleaf. We translate it into troff and Ventura. > >Thanks in advance. > >Jeff Marchese >{sun,ames,att}!pacbell!ptsfa!jem >(415)823-5163 > Mark T. Dornfeld Royal Ontario Museum 100 Queens Park Toronto, Ontario, CANADA M5S 2C6 mark@utgpu!rom - or - romwa@utgpu
romwa@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu (Mark Dornfeld) (07/19/88)
>I need information on Standard Graphics Markup Language (SGML) and >Standard Document Markup Language. Specifically: > o what are they? The only SGML I'm aware of stands for Standard Generalized Markup Language. I do not claim that this is the only facility to use the SGML acronym. SGML is an ISO standard (# 8879) and is a generic language for marking up text. It has virtually no facilities for marking up graphics other than indicating the location of a graphic element in a document and perhaps the file name of the graphic. SGML requires a parser and a formatting program to produce text. Troff or Tex are excellent for this kind of process. > o why would I want to use either of them? SGML is independant of any hardware or formatting program. Thus it can be used as a corporate standard for data archives or Records Management. It is also being adopted by numerous typesetters. This should make publishing a little more competitive since editing need only go to the SGML stage and no system-specific commands will be embedded in the document. > o how do they differ functionally from PostScript (tm)? SGML is not a programming language. There is no analogy there. > o what documentation is available? ISO standards document: Ref. No. ISO 8879-1986 (E). There is also a publication of the American Association of Publishers (AAP) dealing with their adoption of the standard. > o what types of information can be encoded with these > langauges? Any kind of information can be designated, but the types of information depend on the power of the formatter. I don't see why SGML can't be translated into a format for a technical publishing system such as Interleaf. We translate it into troff and Ventura. Mark T. Dornfeld Royal Ontario Museum 100 Queens Park Toronto, Ontario, CANADA M5S 2C6 mark@utgpu!rom - or - romwa@utgpu ---------------------------------------- Submissions to: desktop@plaid.sun.com Administrivia to: desktop-request@plaid.sun.com UUCP: {amdahl,decwrl,hplabs,ihnp4}!sun!plaid!desktop{-request} Archives can be gotten from the archive-server. To get information on the archive-server, send mail to: archive-server@plaid.sun.com -or- sun!plaid!archive-server with a subject line of help