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Subject:Re: SGML, XML, HTML, etc. From:mpriestl -at- ca -dot- ibm -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 4 Jun 2001 13:08:34 -0400
Leslie Bonser writes:
>Instead of propagating misinformation in this newsgroup, I
>think it behooves us all as communication professionals to education
>ourselves.
I couldn't agree more. And thank you for the list of resources, all of
which are helpful.
>As for what is XML? In my opinion, it's multiple things: it's a specific
>SGML document definition
With apologies, but while we're on the subject of propagating
misinformation, that's one.
XML is a markup language, in the same sense that SGML is a markup language:
there is a core set of tags (like <!ELEMENT> and <!ATTLIST>) that can be
used to define new languages. But XML is _not_ an SGML document type. The
XML standard is a subset of the SGML standard, it is not an application of
the standard. HTML is an application of SGML, XHTML is an application of
XML. SGML and XML are on the same level (they both describe how to create
markup languages).
>Instead of continuing the p*ssing contest regarding what is XML, I'm
simply
>going to post a few URLs and you can all educate yourself.
This isn't a p*ssing contest. You said some things that I am quite sure are
wrong, or at the very least misleading. I'm correcting you, and trying not
to be rude about it.
Michael Priestley
DITA Specialization Architect
mpriestl -at- ca -dot- ibm -dot- com
Dept 833 IBM Canada t/l: 778-3233 phone: 416-448-3233
Toronto Information Development
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