Standard Generalized Markup Language: A New User's Perspective.

摘要

Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) is taking its place as a practical way to solve document exchange problems and to overcome hardware and software incompatibilities. The International Standards Organization adopted SGML as a standard in 1986, and the Department of Defense (DoD) Computer-aided Acquisition and Logistics Support (CALS) initiative requires that defense contractors use SGML to exchange technical information. The power of SGML lies in its capability to identify a document's elements and their interrelationships. Thus, information in a document marked up with SGML tags can be used to create many types of publications from one document database. This presentation will summarize the features of SGML and will demonstrate how word-processing-like software packages permit easy input of SGML tags. 4 figs. (ERA citation 14:002727)