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      Computer Systems; see the address below.  An earlier draft of
      Unicode was: Unicode 1.0. Draft Standard, Final Review Document.
      The Unicode Consortium, December, 1990.

      "Unicode is a fixed-width 16-bit multilingual character encoding
      scheme that efficiently and unambiguously represents the world's
      normal text characters for electronic information processing.
      Unicode was devised by a group of individuals and companies,
      including Apple, IBM, Metaphor, Microsoft, NeXT, Research
      Libraries Group (RLG), Sun, Xerox and others.

      "Unicode is designed to meet the need for a simple  multilingual
      character standard in electronic information systems.  The model
      for Unicode is the defacto use of ASCII, with its simple,
      unambiguous, fixed-width characters. Fixed-width characters
      simplify information processing in text streams, flat text
      files, strings, character arrays, database fields, procedure
      arguments and returns.  They simplify text operations such as
      insertion and deletion, truncation, indexing the nth character,
      etc. Conversely, variable width, context dependent encodings or
      code-page switching (that are common in other multilingual
      standards) complicate information interchange and programming.
      Since ASCII's eight-bit character size is inadequate to handle
      multilingual text, and proposals for 32-bit standard are
      unnecessarily cumbersome, Unicode adopts a 16- bit architecture
      which extends the benefits of the ASCII to multilingual text and
      adds new strengths.

      "A 16-bit character code can uniquely specify any character in
      any language that is currently used in electronic information
      systems or is likely to be used in the foreseeable future.
      Moreover, since Unicode characters are consistently 16-bits
      wide, regardless of language, no escape sequence or control code
      is required to specify any character in any language. Unicode
      handles alphabetic and ideographic character sets simultaneously
      and with equal facility.

      "Basic (kernel) computer programs that use Unicode to represent
      characters but do not display or print text can often remain
      undisturbed when new languages or characters are introduced.
      Programmers seeking to adapt a Unicode conformant program to a
      new language environment can allocate their full energies to
      specifying the contents of character sorting and string handling
      algorithms, providing proper fonts, and developing appropriate
      character rendering routines (e.g., date, time, and currency
      formats).

      "Unicode is a product of the collaboration of multilingual
      engineers, managers, linguists, and information specialists from
      various corporations world-wide.  A Unicode Consortium was
      formed in 1991 to bring Unicode to the world under the
      sponsorship of a multi-corporate, multi-national, non-profit
      organization. Membership in the consortium is open to all who
      support Unicode principles.  (Adapted from network postings)

      Contacts: (1) Unicode Consortium; c/o Kenneth Whistler; Metaphor
      Computer Systems; 1965 Charleston Road; Mountain View, CA 94043;
      USA; Email (Internet): whistler@zarasun.metaphor.com; TEL: (1
      415) 691-3600  OR  (2)  Richard McGowan; c/o NeXT Computer, Inc;
      900 Chesapeake Drive; Redwood City, CA 94063; Email (Internet):
      McGowan@next.com; TEL: (1 415) 780-4522; FAX: (1 415) 780-3714.


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<S5>    SERIAL PUBLICATIONS DEDICATED TO SGML
=================================================

Contents:   * <TAG>: The SGML Newsletter
            * SGML Users' Group Bulletin
            * SGML Users' Group Newsletter
            * EPSIG News

CALS-SGML:  * SGML Report
            * EuroCALS Newsletter
            * Barlow Report
            * CALS Journal
            * CALS Report

<96>  <TAG>: The SGML Newsletter.   This dedicated SGML publication is
      one of several forms of support given to SGML by the Graphic
      Communications Association (GCA).  <TAG> is GCA's premier
      publication organ covering SGML, published jointly by the GCA
      and SGML Associates, Inc. as "The Technical Journal of the SGML
      Community."  It covers CALS SGML, SGML events and conferences,
      implementation case studies, SGML tutorials, product news,
      interviews and other topics.  Current editors (1991) are Sharon
      C. Adler, Marion Elledge, Charles Goldfarb, Yuri Rubinsky and
      Ludo Van Vooren.  Current subscription prices (December 1990)
      are annual 75 dollars US for GCA members, 150 dollars for non-
      members in the US and Canada, 200 dollars for foreign
      subscribers, and 125 dollars for foreign GCA Members.  Other
      special offers are available with orders for back issues.  Six
      issues per year.  See entry <105> below for addresses and
      further information on the GCA.

<97>  SGML Users' Group Bulletin and
<98>  SGML Users' Group Newsletter

      The SGML Users' Group Bulletin (ISSN: 0269-2538) and SGML Users'
      Group Newsletter (ISSN: 0952-8008) are the primary publications
      sponsored by the International SGML Users' Group.  Both
      publications are included as benefits of membership in the SGML
      Users' Group.  The Newsletter appears as an 'occasional'
      publication (about quarterly) with approximately 20 pages per
      issue; the Bulletin is a more substantial, refereed publication
      that appears about semi-annually.  Joan Smith served as the
      first editor of the SGMLUG Newsletter, for about 4 years.
      Pamela Gennusa (Datalogics/Database Publishing Systems, Ltd.) is
      the current Newsletter editor, with Joan Smith and Yuri Rubinsky
      serving as corresponding editors.  Editorial responsibility for
      the Bulletin changes frequently.  See entry <106> below for
      addresses and further information on the International SGML
      Users' Group.

<99>  EPSIG News (ISSN 1042-3737).  EPSIG publishes the quarterly
      newsletter EPSIG News in support of the ANSI/NISO manuscript
      standard Z39.59-1988, and more generally in support of SGML.
      EPSIG News is mailed to members (annual dues 200 US dollars) and
      subscribers (annual dues 50 US dollars).  Articles carried in
      EPSIG News (especially press reports and major product
      announcements) are also sometimes printed in <TAG> and/or the
      SGMLUG Newsletter.  EPSIG News accepts advertising for SGML
      services and products, as well as classified advertising.  See
      entry <107> below for addresses and further information on
      EPSIG.

<100> SGML Report.  Occasional newsletter covering SGML.  Written by
      Pat Byrne, edited by Steve Goodyear.  Complimentary
      subscriptions available upon request.  Contact: AGFA CAPS; 200
      Ballardvale Street; Wilmington, MA  01887; (1 508) 658-5600.

<101> EuroCALS Newsletter.  The EuroCALS Newsletter is a publication
      of the CALS in Europe Special Interest Group, a SIG of the
      International SGML Users' Group.  ISSN: 0958-2711.  Contact:
      David Ardron, Secretary, CALS in Europe SIG; Ferranti Computer
      Systems Ltd,; Western Road, Bracknell, Berkshire RG12 1RA;
      UNITED KINGDOM; TEL: +44-344-483232; FAX: 44-344-54639; TELEX:
      848117 FERBKL G.  Subscription rate (1991): 20 pounds UK.

<102> Barlow Report.  Occasional (quarterly) newsletter covering CALS
      and CALS-SGML.  Written by Bob Barlow, edited by Steve Goodyear.
      Complimentary subscriptions available upon request.  Contact:
      AGFA CAPS; 200 Ballardvale Street; Wilmington, MA  01887; (1
      508) 658-5600.

<103> CALS Journal.  Quarterly publication for the CALS community, new
      in 1992.  The editorial advisory board includes David Bettwy,
      Howard M. Bloom, Judith A. Fincher, Rear Adm. Roland G. Freeman
      III, Pamela Gennusa, Frank Gilbane, James E. Giles III, David
      Gunning, Donald Hall, Terry R. Savage, H. B. Stormfeltz.
      Contact: CALS Journal; 14407 Big Basin Way; Saratoga, CA 95070-
      6008; USA.  TEL: (1 408) 867-7900; FAX: (1 408) 867-9800.
      Subscription rate: 48 US dollars annual.

<104> CALS Report: Design, Implementation and Support Data for
      Concurrent Engineering and ILS. Monthly report on CALS,
      including CALS-SGML issues.  ISSN: 0897-991X. Edited by William
      G. Beazley.  Contact: CALS Report; Knowledge Base International;
      13939 Northwest Freeway, Suite 270; Houston, TX  77040; USA.
      TEL: (1 713) 690-7644.  Subscription rate: 250 US dollars
      annual.


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<S6>    SGML SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS AND SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS
        (SIGS)
======================================================================

Contents:   *  Graphic Communications Association (GCA)
            *  SGML Users' Group (SGMLUG)
            *  Electronic Publishing Special Interest Group (EPSIG)
            *  SGML DSIG/DBSIG (Database Special Interest Group)
            *  SGML SIGhyper (Hypertext and Multimedia SIG)
            *  European Workgroup on SGML (EWS)
            *  CALS In Europe Special Interest Group

<105> Graphic Communications Association (GCA)

The GCA is a national affiliate of Printing Industries of America, and
is a leading SGML sponsor.  Historically, GCA executives have played
strategic leadership roles in promoting the development of the SGML
standard; cf. <36>.  Marion Elledge is the current Director of
Informatin Technologies; the GCA's current Board of Directors
(Information and Technologies track) in 1990 includes David Mayer
(Autotrol Technologies), Jon Slangerup (also Board Secretary; Federal
Express) and Yuri Rubinsky (President, SoftQuad).  GCA sponsors
numerous conferences, tutorials, workshops and seminars on SGML, CALS
and other technologies related to electronic publishing and
information processing. GCA's SGML events are announced in direct
mailings: its dedicated SGML newsletter <TAG>, in the occasional
newsletter TECHInfo: News for the Information Management Community,
and in a quarterly magazine Perspectives.  GCA events are also covered
in each issue of the SGML Users' Group Newsletter, and in EPSIG News.

The GCA distributes ISO documents and other SGML-related publications,
with preferential rates for GCA members.  Included are CALS
specifications packages and SGML "handbooks" by Martin Bryan, Eric van
Herwijnen, Joan Smith and Charles Goldfarb.  Also available is the
GCA's publication The SGML Source Guide. The Graphic Communications
Association's Guide to Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML)
Systems, Software, Service, Consultants, Seminars and Resources.
Edited by Marion Elledge. ISBN 0-933505-13-2.  See <134>.

Address: Graphic Communications Association; Attention: Marion Elledge
(Director, Information Technologies); 100 Daingerfield Road;
Alexandria, VA  22314 USA; TEL: (703) 519-8160; FAX (703) 548-2867;
TELEX: 510-600-0889.

<106> SGML User's Group (SGMLUG)

The International SGML Users' Group was founded in 1984 by Joan M.
Smith, who served as its first president until 1990; the current
president editor is Pamela Gennusa of Datalogics and MID/Information
Logistics Group Ltd.  The objectives of the group are to promote the
use of the Standard Generalized Markup Language and to provide a forum
for exchange of information about SGML.  The Constitution of the SGML
Users' Group is published on pp. 7-8 of the SGML Users' Group
Newsletter 6 (November 1987); see also "SGML Users' Group
Constitution," SGML Users' Group Bulletin 1/1 (1986) 5-7; "Standard
Generalized Markup Language. Users' Group," Literary and Linguistic
Computing 3/1 (1988) 54.  Executive Council members for 1991 are as
follows. Officers: Pamela Gennusa (President), William W. Davis Jr.
(Vice President), Stephen G. Downie (Secretary), Francis J. Cave
(Treasurer); Members: Charles F. Goldfarb (Honarary Technical
Consultant), David W. Penfold (Bulletin Editor); Elected Members:
Sharon Adler, Marion Elledge, Paul Ellison, James D. Mason, Lynne
Price , Dieke van Wijnen.  For an address list of elected members,
national chapters, SIGs and pending chapters of the SGMLUG, see the
SGML Users' Group Newsletter 20 (September 1991) 9-11.

The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Users' Group is held in
conjunction with the International Markup Conference sponsored by the
Graphic Communications Association (GCA).  Regional and national
chapters and SIGs also meet occasionally throughout the year. There
are now several national chapters of SGMLUG (e.g., Dutch, German,
Japanese, Norwegian, Swiss, Canadian, New York) and several SGMLUG
SIGs (special interest groups, e.g., SGML Database SIG; SGML SIGhyper
- Hypertext and Multimedia; European Workshop on SGML).  Some of these
groups have dedicated serial publications in paper and electronic
format.

Membership in the SGMLUG includes up-to-date information about SGML
and related standards, reduced rates at events sponsored by the The
SGML Users' Group, a copy of each issue of the SGML Users' Group
Newsletter and SGML Users' Group Bulletin, discounts on books central
to SGML, and 10-percent discount for the MarkUp Conferences.  The
secretary of the SGML Users' Group maintains for members a
bibliography of other SGML-related publications in a document "SGML
Library," and will supply copies of these documents to group members.
These volumes include ISO standards documents and other SGML-related
publications available to members at discounted rates include:

Address: Mr. Stephen G. Downie; SGML Users' Group, Secretary; c/o
SoftQuad Inc.; 56 Aberfoyle Crescent, Suite 810; Toronto, Ontario;
Canada M8X 2W4; TEL: +1 416 239 4801; FAX: +1 416 239 7105.

<107> Electronic Publishing Special Interest Group (EPSIG)

EPSIG (Electronic Publication Special Interest Group) is collaboration
between the AAP (with 250 member firms in the US) and OCLC (Online
Computer Library Center), serving 11,000 libraries.  EPSIG was invited
by the AAP to carry out development and promotion of the EPSIG/AAP
"Electronic Manuscript Standard" for the preparation, publication and
interchange of electronic manuscripts; see <53> above.  The primary
goals of EPSIG are to: (1) Promote the adoption and proliferation of
the Electronic Manuscript Standard; (2) Organize and present tutorials
and technical programs; (3) Provide an information clearinghouse for
documents pertaining to the Standard, EPSIG, and electronic
publishing; (4) Provide electronic mail to EPSIG members; (5) Provide
a toll-free helpline to provide advice and assistance with the
Standard; (6) Publish a quarterly newsletter; (7) Publish and sell
current and future EPSIG manuals related to the Standard; (8)
Coordinate standards input from members as revisions to the Standard
are required.

As of late 1991, electronic discussion lists were set up for committee
work on the Math and Tables specifications in the EMS.  The final
versions of this committee work will be submitted to be balloted as an
amendment to ANSI/NISO Z39.59-1988.  For the committee work on Math,
contact William B. Wolff of the American Mathematical Society (Email:
wbw@math.ams.com); for Tables, contact Paul Grosso of ArborText
(pbg@arbortext.com).  See further in Paul Grosso's note, "First
Meeting of Math/Tables Update Committee Held," EPSIG News 4/4
(December 1991) 1-2.

EPSIG's newsletter EPSIG News is published quarterly (ISSN: 1042-
3737), and receipt of EPSIG News is a benefit of subscriber status.
EPSIG members receive discounts on SoftQuad and Software Exoterica
software products.  EPSIG Members also receive discounts at SGML
conferences sponsored by the GCA.  EPSIG promotes the EMS (American
National Standard for Electronic Manuscript Preparation and Markup.
(ANSI/NISO Z39.59-1988)) as well as several Guides and instructional
materials pertinent to electronic document preparation and data
interchange; see <54>, <55>, <56>, <57>.

Address: EPSIG (Electronic Publishing Special Interest Group);
Attention: Betsy Kiser, EPSIG Manager, MC 278; c/o OCLC; 6565 Frantz
Road; Dublin, OH  43017-0702 USA; TEL: (614) 764-6195; FAX: (614) 764-
6096.

<108> SGML Database Special Interest Group (DSIG or DBSIG)

The SGML DBSIG is an international effort loosely organized under the
SGML Users' Group and its national chapters for the development of
SGML(document) database strategies.

Contacts: Mr. Hans Mabelis; SGML DBSIG, Secretary; c/o Matrices
Software; Westeinde 14; 1017 ZP Amsterdam; THE NETHERLANDS; TEL: +31-
20-255-006; FAX: +31-20-247-948;  Han Schouten, SGML DSIG; Research
Center for Technical and Physical Engineering in Agriculture (TFDL);
Mansholtlaan 12; 6700 AJ Wageningen; THE NETHERLANDS; TEL: +31-8370-
19143; FAX: +31-8370-11312.

See: (1) Han Schouten, "SGML*CASE: The Storage of Documents in
Databases," SGML Users' Group Bulletin 4/1 (1989) 1-14;  (2) Han
Schouten, "Draft Tender re: Documents in Databases," SGML Users' Group
Newsletter 15 (January 1990) 12-14.  A major draft proposal for SGML
DSIG sponsored development of a prototype document processing
environment in which documents are stored as databases.  The
environment would support SGML, but also other SGML-related standards
like DSSSL -- "as an alternative for the sequential access strategy
characteristic of standard SGML."  Details on the objectives, tasks,
funding, deliverables, rights and duties of participants, project
management, (etc.) are described. Proposed tasks include specification
of a gross system architecture, definition of modelling techniques,
building and verifying semantic equivalence of all models with SGML
and DSSSL, facilities for loading SGML DTDs, facilities to unload DTDs
without loss of information, creation of a DTD editor, creation of a
structured document editor, building of retrieval facilities, building
a document formatter.

<109> SGML SIGhyper

The SGML Users' Group Special Interest Group on Hypertext and
Multimedia (SGML SIGhyper) is different from all other groups whose
focus is hypertext and multimedia theory, technology, and creativity.
The sole interest of SGML SIGhyper is the promulgation of information
about the "HyTime" Hypermedia/Time-based Structuring Language (ISO/IEC
Draft International Standard 10744), as a worldwide standard technical
framework for integrated open hypermedia.  As an application of SGML,
Hytime is a "standard neutral markup language for representing
hypertext, multimedia, hypermedia, and time- and space-based documents
in terms of their logical structure."  See further item <72>, "ISO/IEC
DIS 10744" above.  The organizers of SIGhyper hope that the
publishing, documentation, entertainment, education, and information
processing industries will evaluate HyTime as an appropriate standard
toward which they all can migrate in an orderly and profitable
fashion.  See: (1)  Steven R. Newcomb (et al.), "'HyTime': The
Hypermedia/Time-based Document Structuring Language," CACM 34/11
(November 1991) 67-83;  (2) on SMDL (Standard Music Description
Language), an application of HyTime, thus similarly based upon SGML:
Steven R. Newcomb, "Standard Music Description Language Complies with
Hypermedia Standard," IEEE Computer 24/7 (July 1991) 76-79.

The current (1991) chairman of SIGhyper is:  Steven R. Newcomb; c/o
TechnoTeacher, Inc.; 1810 High Road; Tallahassee, FL 32303-4408; USA;
TEL: +1 904 422 3574; FAX: +1 904 386 2562; Internet: srn@cmr.fsu.edu.
The current (1991) vice chairman and maintainer of the SIGhyper on-
line library is: Erik Naggum; c/o Naggum Software; Box 1570 Vika;
0118; OSLO, NORWAY; Internet: erik@naggum.no OR enag@ifi.uio.no.
Current SIGhyper documents available for public access from the online
library are on the following hosts: ftp.ifi.uio.no:/SIGhyper and at
mailer.cc.fsu.edu:/pub/sgml.

<110> European Workgroup on SGML (EWS)

The EWS is a cooperative effort by publishers, database developers,
typesetters and other representatives from commercial and academic
sectors to produce standard DTDs for scientific articles.  The DTDs
are to be used to facilitate document interchange between researchers,
and between scholars and publishers.  The Workgroup is loosely
associated with the International SGML Users' Group.  For specific
details on the published MAJOUR DTDs and current work, see below entry
<132> subsection (b).

Questions regarding the full activities of the EWS may be directed to
Holger Wendt or Dieke van Wijnen.  Addresses: Holger Wendt; Springer
Verlag GmbH & Co. KG; Postfach 105280; Tiergartenstrasse 17; D-6900
Heidelberg 1; GERMANY; TEL: +49-6221-487-324; FAX: +49-6221-43982;
Email (BITNET) WENDT@DHDSPRI6;  Dieke van Wijnen; New Media
Department; Wolters Kluwer Academic Publishers; Spuiboulevard 50,
Postbus 989; 3300 AZ Dordrecht; THE NETHERLANDS; TEL: +31-78-334-264;
FAX: 31-78-334-254.  See further in: (1) "Report on the 5th MAJOUR-
body meeting of the European Workshop on SGML (EWS) at CERN, Geneva,
on 30-Sept-1991," (SGML PROJECT REPORT NO 5) by Paul Ellison,
Director-SGML Project, UNIVERSITY OF EXETER COMPUTER UNIT, 14 November
1991;  (2) "European Workshop on SGML," SGML Users' Group Newsletter
20 (September 1991) 22;  (3) "European Workgroup on SGML Plan to
Become SIG," SGML Users' Group Newsletter 19 (April 1991) 9; (4)
"European Workgroup to Publish Draft DTD for Scientific Articles,"
SGML Users' Group Newsletter 18 (November 1990) 13.

<111> CALS In Europe Special Interest Group

This SIG under the aegis of the International SGML Users' Group was
formed in 1989 under the leadership of Joan Smith.  See her article in
the inaugural issue of the main publication organ: "The Proposal to
Form a SIG for CALS in Europe," EuroCALS Newsletter 1 (September 1989)
2.  The objectives of the SIG are to acquaint all interested parties
with the requirements of the US DoD CALS program, and to provide
assistance in meeting those requirements. Membership in the SIG
includes copies of the Newsletter, reduced registration fee rates for
events sponsored by the SIG, and discounted rates for various other
CALS/SGML conferences.

Contact: David Ardron, Secretary, CALS in Europe SIG; Ferranti
Computer Systems Ltd,; Western Road, Bracknell, Berkshire RG12 1RA;
UNITED KINGDOM; TEL: +44-344-483232; FAX: 44-344-54639; TELEX: 848117
FERBKL G.  Subscription rate (1991): 20 pounds UK.


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<S7>    SGML ELECTRONIC DISCUSSION FORUMS AND ONLINE SUPPORT CENTERS
=====================================================================

Contents:   * Usenet Newsgroup: comp.text.sgml
            * SGML Project, University of Exeter
            * TEI-L Discussion Forum
            * SGML-L Mailing List
            * MARKUP-L Discussion Forum
            * CALS-BBS

<112> Usenet Newsgroup: comp.text.sgml

The Usenet Newsgroup comp.text.sgml is a dedicated forum for
discussion of SGML and associated standards (ODA, SDIF, DSSSL, SPDL,
etc.).  It began in Fall 1990 thanks to the vision and energy of
Edward Vielmetti (University of Michigan Math Department, Ann Arbor,
MI; Internet: emv@math.lsa.umich.edu).  As of late 1991,
comp.text.sgml hosted the most concentrated and high-quality
electronic discussion of SGML on any academic network.  The discussion
group has support from a number of experts within the SGML community
(e.g., contributions from SoftQuad; Software Exoterica; Electronic
Book Technologies; Open Text Systems; InfoDesign; Naggum Software;
ArborText; Avalanche Corporation).  An introductory FAQ file on SGML
("Frequently Asked Questions") written for comp.text.sgml is noted
under section 1 above; cf. entry <29>.  The discussion forum is
accessible from any VAX, UNIX or other site which receives Usenet
News, viz, from among any of the 40,000 Usenet sites worldwide.
Software for reading News on a local system varies greatly; see your
local computer gurus.

Various sites archive the posting from comp.text.sgml in spool and
public archive areas, and sometimes with indexes.  The ARCHIE servers
may be used to locate such sites.  As of late 1991, some hosts were
listed as follows:

Host mcsun.eu.net   (192.16.202.1)
      Location: /newsarchive/comp/text/sgml
      DIRECTORY rwxrwxr-x      2048  Dec  4 23:53   sgml
Host aix370.rrz.uni-koeln.de   (134.95.136.1)
      Location: /usenet/comp.archives/text/sgml
      Location: /usenet/comp.archives/auto/comp.text.sgml
Host utsun.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp   (133.11.11.11)
      Location: /misc
      DIRECTORY rwxrwxr-x       512  Oct 31 11:51   sgml
Host src.doc.ic.ac.uk   (146.169.3.7)
      Location: /usenet/comp.archives/text/sgml
      Location: /usenet/comp.archives/auto/comp.text.sgml
      Location: /.zapme/comp.archives/auto/comp.text.sgml
Host rusmv1.rus.uni-stuttgart.de   (129.69.1.12)
      Location: /soft/kommunikation/news/spool/comp/text/sgml
Host cs.dal.ca   (129.173.4.5)
      Location: /pub/comp.archives/comp.text.sgml
Host ftp.syd.dit.csiro.au   (130.155.128.3)
      Location: anonymous:[.comp_text_sgml]


<113> SGML Project, University of Exeter

In November, 1990, a two-year project was awarded by the UK
Information Systems Committee (formerly the Computer Board for
Universities and Research Councils) to the University of Exeter to
evaluate SGML products for use in UK Universities and Research Council
establishments.  The project staff are now located within the
University's Computer Unit and the project is directed by Paul
Ellison, a member of the relevant ISO working committee and a long-
time proponent of SGML.  The aims of the project are:  (1) to
investigate commercial products and review them for possible use in
the UK Academia; (2) to investigate the current use of SGML within and
without Academia; (3) to assess possible requirements for SGML systems
in UK Academia; (4) to investigate the required utilities (e.g.,
editors, translators, formatters) and make recommendations concerning
possible acquisition; (5) to define, in consultation with academic
users, a vocabulary of element and entity names and develop general
Document Type Definitions; (6) to maintain a library of DTDs; (7) to
function as a center for information on the use of SGML; (8) to
cooperate with AGOCG (the Advisory Board on Computer Graphics) in
increasing the awareness of SGML in Academia.  The project was first
proposed within the context of an AGOCG sponsored workshop on the use
of SGML in UK universities, organized by Anne Mumford of Loughborough
University.  SGML was one of the standards chosen by the AGOCG for
structuring and distribution of university-related information
containing graphics (research documents, teaching aids, view graphs).
A set of recommendations issued to the AGOCG and the UK academic
community called for such an initiative as Paul Ellison now directs
(information supplied by Anne Mumford and Paul Ellison).  The SGML
Project's host machine will be fully addressable for anonymous-FTP
from 01/01/92.  The machine's address will be:


         sgml1.ex.ac.uk (144.173.6.61) INTERNET
         uk.ac.exeter.sgml1  JANET

(N.B. the machine name sgml1 = "sgml_one")

A library of DTDs, tools etc. is to be created, and details of this
service will be widely publicized.  Any donations (of DTDs etc.), or
suggestions as to what this library should contain, would be most
welcome.

The SGML Users' Group Parser Materials (the ARCSGML v1.0 parser
toolkit, VM2 etc), are currently held on the SGML Project's host
machine.  Until 01/01/92 these are only available over JANET, via an
e-mail request (contact the Project for more details on both), or via
anonymous-FTP from other sites; see entry <118> below for a list of
anon-FTP sites hosting the ARC-SGML tools.

For academic and research sites within the UK, the SGML Project has
been given funding to make visits to give lectures, to run workshops,
or give advice on SGML implementation and use.  This service is
entirely free to such sites.

The SGML Project has published notices in all the university and
research institution site newsletters in the UK.  Currently it has a
mailing-list of 200+ contact names, and each will automatically
receive any updates, reports and notices produced by the Project.
Additional contact names are always welcome (any country).

To contact the SGML Project: Michael Popham; SGML Project; Computer
Unit - Laver Building; North Park Road; University of Exeter; Exeter
EX4 4QE; UNITED KINGDOM; TEL: +44 392 263946; TEL: +44 392 263939;
FAX: +44 392 211630; Email: (JANET): sgml@exeter.ac.uk (Office);
(JANET): M.G.Popham@exeter.ac.uk (Project Officer); Paul Ellison on
(JANET): P.A.Ellison@exeter.ac.uk (Project Director).

Further references: (1)  "The SGML Project."  SGML Users' Group
Newsletter 18 (November 1990) 13;  (2)  Advisory Group on Computer
Graphics.  Document Exchange: The Use of SGML in the UK Academic and
Research Community. Workshop Proceedings 5-7 March 1990.  Edited by
Anne Mumford.  See <28>: the volume's front matter contains the
recommendations proposed for the 'Exeter' SGML group.

<114> TEI-L Discussion Forum (on BITNET)

TEI-L is the electronic discussion forum for the international Text
Encoding Initiative, implementing SGML for markup of texts in academic
applications, particularly the humanities.  The list owners are
Michael Sperberg-McQueen and Lou Burnard, TEI editors.  TEI-L is the
primary electronic forum for the TEI, normally open for subscription
to all who request subscriber status; specialized forums hosted on the
same computer (TEI-REP, TEI-ANA, TEI-META, TEI-DOC) are normally
closed lists used by TEI subcomittees and working groups.  While the
TEI-L forum is not designated for discussing the theoretical and
practical merits of SGML per se, the TEI encoding is an implementation
of SGML, and thus some theoretical and practical discussions of SGML
will be heard.

Many SGML-related working papers and provisional DTDs are available in
conjunction with the archived TEI-L discussions.  Send email or postal
mail to Wendy Plotkin requesting document TEI A0, "Current Documents,"
which lists some 120 working papers, committee reports and minutes
records -- many of which address TEI-SGML issues.  Address: Wendy
Plotkin, Email (Internet): u49127@uicvm.uic.edu, OR
u49127@uicvm.cc.uic.edu OR u49127@UICVM.BITNET; Postal: Wendy Plotkin,
TEI-Rm 168; UIC Computer Center; Computer Center (M/C 135); University
of Illinois at Chicago; Box 6998; Chicago, IL 60680.

If you wish to subscribe to the TEI-L electronic forum (there are no
subscription fees), send an interactive BITNET message, or (from a
BITNET site, or from one of the other public networks), send standard
mail to the BITNET address listserv@uicvm with the single line as the
first line (any subject line will be ignored):

            subscribe tei-l YOUR NAME

If you wish to obtain archived files from this discussion, send
interactive BITNET message or mail message to the BITNET address
listserv@uicvm with one or more lines patterned after this example
(for October, 1991 archive):

            get tei-l log9110

<115> SGML-L Mailing List (on BITNET)

BITNET: SGML-L@DHDURZ1

SGML-L was only minimally active through most of calendar 1991, but
showed some signs of vitality late in 1991.  The List Owners are
Joachim Lammarsch (X92@DHDURZ1.BITNET or X33@DHDURZ1) and Mr. Holger
Wendt (WENDT@DHDSPRI6).  Mr. Wendt serves as the SGML-LIST editor.  To
subscribe to the mailing list, send an interactive BITNET message or
mail message (from any network) to the BITNET address listserv@dhdurz1
with the command:

            subscribe SGML-L YOUR NAME

substituting your personal name for "YOUR NAME."


<116> MARKUP-L (GLDV-AK fuer TEI-Guideline-Anpassung)

The objectives of the Goettingen-based GLDV-AK fuer TEI-Guideline-
Anpassung and associated MARKUP-L discussion list are given in a
poster submitted by Guenter Koch, 8-October-1991, "Mitgliederbrief und
Protokoll der konstituierenden Sitzung des GLDV-Arbeitskreises:
'Kodierung und Normung maschinenlesbarer Texte,' Universitaet Trier am
27.9.1991, 14.-15.30 Uhr."  These objectives relate primarily to the
evaluation and use of TEI (and SGML) encoding standards within the
German research comunity, but the discussions and resources will be of
broader interest, covering such areas as TEI applied to machine-
readable lexica, hypermedia, and non-Roman languages (e.g., Sanskrit).
The role of the discussion group in particular is described as
follows:

"Um eine schnelle und kostenguenstige Kommunikation zwischen den
Teilnehmern des Arbeitskreises zu ermoeglichen, haben wir auf dem
Listserver LISTSERV@DGOGWDG1.BITNET eine Liste mit dem Namen MARKUP-L
eingerichtet. Sie soll dazu dienen, Fragen bei der Arbeit mit SGML und
den TEI-Richtlinien zu diskutieren, Erfahrungen mit Programmen
auszutauschen und Einschaetzungen einschlaegiger Buecher
weiterzugeben. Auch arbeitskreisinterne, organisatorische Nachrichten,
z.B. wo und wann ein naechstes Arbeitskreistreffen stattfindet, sollen
ueber die Liste verbreitet werden. Des weiteren enthaelt die Liste
eine Reihe Dateien, die von den TEI-L und anderen fachlich
benachbarten Kommunikationslisten stammen und nuetzliches
Arbeitsmaterial bieten, so die TEI DTDs, Bibliographien zu SGML, zum
Thema Hypertext und SGML etc."  The two list owners are Guenter Koch,
GWD Goettingen (BITNET: GKOCH@DGOGWDG1) and Peter Scherber, GWD
Goettingen (BITNET: PSCHERB@DGOGWDG1).

The LISTSERVer may be addressed via its BITNET address
(LISTSERV@DGOGWDG1) or by the Internet address (listserv@ibm.gwdg.de)
using standard LISTSERVer commands: sub markup-l <your name>, index
markup-l, review markup-l, get <filename filetype>, etc.  The
LISTSERVer currently (December 1991) contains general information
files on TEI, SGML (bibliography), DTDs from TEI phase 1 work, and
discussion logs.


<117> CALS-BBS

The primary CALS(-SGML) documents are alluded to above; see <61>.
Several of these CALS-specific SGML documents and related information
files are available via telephone dialup or Internet anonymous-FTP.
Of special interest are MIL-M-28001 SGML and MIL-M-28001A SGML (Markup
Requirements and Generic Style Specification for Electronic Printed
Output and Exchange of Text), held in ASCII file format and containing
relevant parsable DTDs.  The file server also contains electronic
information and/or full text for: (1) MIL-HDBK-59A;  (2) MIL-STD-1840A
"Automated Interchange of Technical Information";  (3) MIL-D-28000
"Initial Graphics Exchange Specification (IGES);  (4) MIL-R-28002
Group 4 Raster;  (5) MIL-D-28003 Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM).
Amendments for some of these items are also on the server.

Direct access to the files (but without BBS interface) is via
anonymous-FTP: FTP to durer.cme.nist.gov (129.6.32.4) and 'cd' to
pub/cals.  The subdirectories are: 1840a; 28000; 28000a; 28001; 28002;
28003; 28003a; 59a; arc; autocom; brochure; bulletin; cals-net; cals-
rpt; citis; ctn; expo91; ietm; isg; misc; scenario -- where content is
readily discernible.  Files are held in ASCII, WordPerfect and other
binary formats as appropriate.  In the subdirectory 28001, for
example, one would find the following files: 28001a.exe; 38784-v2.exe;
38784pid.exe; app-a10-.exe; app-a50.exe; app-a70a.exe; app-a70b.exe;
app-a70c.exe; app-a80.exe; app-b10-.exe; app-b50.exe; app-b70.exe;
app-b80.exe; app-b90.exe; app-c10-.exe; app-d10-.exe; app-d50.exe;
dtds.exe; m28001a.exe; os-pid.exe; pid-fos.exe; read.me; temp-fos.exe;
temp-pid.exe.  The files '<filename>.exe' are self-extracting
compressed files that may be unpacked on an MS-DOS machine simply by
typing the <filename>.

Direct dialup for the BBS is supported for phone via (1 301) 948-8966
(a four line rotary); or (via Internet) TELNET to 129.6.32.173 and
follow the login instructions.   The BBS Main Menu contains seven
areas: 1 - Meetings and Conferences; 2 - Special Announcements; 3 -
CALS Information Sources; 4 - Standards News; 5 - Technology News; 6 -
BBS Operation and Software; 7 - SME & SOLE Bulletins.   CALS-MIL-STD
documents are online, available for downloading: Directory  1. - CALS
MIL-SPECS, MIL-STDS, & MIL-HDBKS; Directory  2. - DOD Publications
About CALS Program; Directory 3. - Standards Activities Information;
Directory 4. - Miscellaneous Information.  Also included in the BBS
support is a file on CALS-Related Software Packages, maintained by the
Tech Transfer Committee of the DOD/ISG Small Business Task Group.  For
questions about the CALS-BBS, contact Dave Bettwy via email, the CALS
BBS message system, or by telephone at (1 301) 975-6641.


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<S8>    ENTRY-LEVEL SGML PARSERS AND RELATED SGML SOFTWARE
============================================================

INTRODUCTION:  No opinions, judgments, recommendations or warranties
are offered with respect to the SGML products noted below.  The
selection reflects a simple, minimal goal of pointing the interested
beginner to some low-cost, entry-level (PC and Macintosh
microcomputers) SGML tools, and to public domain sources which may be
freely used or modified in experimentation. Special place is given to
ARC-SGML and derivative materials, since they have generously been
placed (via liberal license terms) into 'public domain.'

Anyone wishing to evaluate SGML software for commercial or large-scale
production purposes should follow normal industry standards in making
such evaluation.  Three published resources described under section 9
below may be of assistance: (1) The SGML Source Guide <134>, edited
for the GCA by Marion Elledge, supplies summary information on SGML
products and services; (2) Bibliography on SGML (Standard Generalized
Markup Language) and Related Issues <133>, Cover/Duncan/Barnard,
contains 117 entries on SGML products, services, and development
projects; (3) SGML Products and Services <135>, compiled for the CALS
in Europe SIG by Joan Smith, covers CALS-SGML software.  A technical
report prepared by Nicholas Duncan for the TEI summarized major
companies/products in the SGML arena: Nicholas Duncan, "Companies
Producing SGML-Related Products," TEI Syntax and Metalanguage
Committee, Technical Report TEI MLP28 (October 2, 1990); the document
is available from Wendy Plotkin; see <114>.  Other primary resources
are the seasonal and annual trade shows, SGML workshops, (GCA) TechDoc
conferences, (GCA) MarkUp and SGML Conferences and other electronic
publishing events.  Printed resources include the trade publications
and dedicated SGML newsletters, which regularly feature new SGML
software products: CALS Report, SGML Report, SGML Users' Group
Newsletter ("New Products and Services" section), SGML Users' Group
Bulletin, CALS Journal, EuroCALS Newsletter, <TAG>, EPSIG News,
Seybold Report on Publishing Systems, Release 1.0, etc.  Included in
the online CALS-BBS support is a file on CALS-Related Software
Packages, maintained by the Tech Transfer Committee of the DOD/ISG
Small Business Task Group: anon-FTP to durer.cme.nist.gov
(129.6.32.4), and get the file pub/cals/bulletin/bullet51. See more at
<117>.

A large proportion of serious (industry, government, academic) SGML
work is carried out on workstations, mini- and mainframe computers.
These SGML-aware editors, transducers, translators and other
facilities are numerous, and in general could not be evaluated here.
For a summary of some SGML-aware editors, see: Dale Waldt, "Overview
of SGML-Smart Text Editors," <TAG> 17 (December 1990) 12-15; he
reviews IBM TextWrite; Datalogics WriterStation; SoftQuad
Author/Editor; Yard Software Write-It; Software Exoterica CheckMark).
The parsers and other software resources noted below are these:

* ARC-SGML
    -Original ARC-SGML 'VM2' Release for MS-DOS, with C-Sources and
        Documentation by Charles Goldfarb
    -UNIX port of ARC-SGML, by James Clark
    -'SGMLS' version of ARC-SGML, by James Clark
    -Macintosh port of ARC-SGML, by Wally Wedel
* Amsterdam (Free University) Parser
* Software Exoterica (XGML Validator; XGML Normalizer, XGML
        Translator, XGML OmniMark)
* SEMA Group/Yard Software Systems Limited (Mark-It Light)
* SoftQuad (Author/Editor)
* E2S (EASE -- E2S Advanced SGML Editor)
* Electronic Book Technologies (MS-Windows) DynaText SGML
        Browse/Search
* Avalanche Development Company (FastTag, IMSYS) - Intelligent
        Autotagging
* qwertz/FORMAT -- SGML to LaTeX (and nroff/troff) Translator
* NIST "SGML parser materials"
* Public DTD Collections

<118>   ARC-SGML

<119>   Original ARC-SGML 'VM' Release for MS-DOS, with C-Sources and
        Documentation by Charles Goldfarb

In July 1991, a significant set of SGML Parser Materials was made
available via the SGML Users Group (SGMLUG).  The materials consist of
source code (in C), executable binary (for PCs), examples, and
documentation. The SGMLUG has been granted "an irrevocable, royalty-
free, worldwide, non-exclusive license to use, execute, reproduce,
display, perform and distribute copies of, and to prepare derivative
works based upon these materials; and the right to authorize others to
do any of the foregoing".

The grantor of the license to the SGMLUG, who has chosen to remain
anonymous, does not warrant the Parser Materials in any way.  Dr.
Charles Goldfarb, the Honorary Technical Consultant to the SGMLUG, has
created some documentation to introduce the materials.

The SGML Project at the University of Exeter has agreed to make the
Parser Materials and the associated README file available on the
academic network, and to act as a collector of enhancements and
changes to them.

Reviews of the parser appeared on the Usenet Newsgroup comp.text.sgml
in July-August 1991 by Fran&ccedil;ois Chahuneau, AIS/Berger Levrault;
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