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Subject:Re: Red-lining software From:"Philip H. Kachelmyer" <PHK -at- UMNACVX -dot- BITNET> Date:Thu, 27 May 1993 13:04:49 -0600
On 27 May 1993 12:08:50 -0500 (EST), Dave Walker wrote:
>In a message of Thu, 27 May 1993 10:13:42 CDT
>Received on Thu, 27 May 1993 11:49:51 EST
>Robert Whitehead <rcwhiteh -at- MEDRCW -dot- B17B -dot- INGR -dot- COM> wrote
>to: Multiple recipients of list TECHWR-L <TECHWR-L -at- OSUVM1 -dot- BITNET>
>>In the words of Chuck Banks:
>>
>>> FrameMaker, WordPerfect, Microsoft Word, Xerox GlobalView all
>>> provide redlining.
>>
>>Are these packages SGML-compliant?
>Rumor has it WordPerfect has an SGML converter undergoing beta testing, and
>(rumor also) Miscrosoft will be backing the SGML standard in Word in the
>future.
>One important question to ask vendors who say their software is SGML-compliant
>is "Does it support arbitrary document types?" SGML is a kind of meta-standard
>in which many document type standards can exist. If you're working with one
>or two document types, you want to be sure the software you buy
>to import and manipulate SGML can handle the document types you work with.
>Vendor X may say they are SGML-compliant, but when they say SGML-compliant,
>they may only handle one type of (maybe propriety) document type.
All this information is really helpful. Thank you all! Could you please
explain what SGML-compliant means?
Thank you.
-phil
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