SGML on the Web: Small Steps Beyond HTML (Charles F. Goldfarb Series on Open Information Management) - Softcover

Rubinsky, Yuri; Maloney, Murray

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0135199840 ISBN 13: 9780135199848

Publisher: Pearson, 1997

Synopsis

Shows Web developers how to gain many of the advantages of SGML with as little complexity as possible. Requires no previous knowledge of SGML -- builds on commonplace HTML knowledge. Introduces the idea of SGML on the World Wide Web and highlights the relationships between SGML and HTML. Introduces SGML with the simplest applications, and walks readers through the creation of SGML applications. Includes 22 examples that show SGML at work in library science, document management, editorial review and change management, one step at a time. Shows how to create SGML documents with the minimum number of element structures and types required, and with no formal document analysis. Part of the Charles F. Goldfarb Series. Anyone involved in electronic document generation or publishing, especially those familiar with HTML.

About this title

About the Author

The late YURI RUBINSKY was an advisor to industry, government, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), NATO and the International Committee for Accessible Document Design. He was instrumental in the development of the HTML 2.0 specification and in developing SGML markup for the visually disabled.
MURRAY MALONEY is a member of the HTML Editorial Review Board, the International World Wide Web Conference Committee, the International Committee for Accessible Document Design, and the computer software industry's Davenport Group. He is an advisor to the World Wide Consortium and the Yuri Rubinsky Insight Foundation.

From the Back Cover

HTML is the universal language of the World Wide Web. It is the best known and most widely used application of a more powerful and general language&;SGML.

SGML: think of it as HTML with a whole lot more intelligence and flexibility.

With SGML, you can create documents that cost less to update and organize, look better, and are much more useful. Now, with SGML on the Web, you can use the extraordinary power of SGML on the World Wide Web or your corporate intranet.

If you're already familiar with the benefits of HTML, SGML on the Web builds on what you already know, showing you the easiest ways to use SGML to add value to your documents. Then, through more than 40 example documents and case studies, you'll discover just how much you can accomplish with SGML, including:

• Dramatically easier document updates
• Computer-based training that can be delivered more quickly than ever before
• Large documents that can assemble themselves automatically from multiple sources
• Easy, quick access to related information, through sophisticated SGML hyperlinks

The SGML on the Web CD-ROM includes everything you need to make the most of SGML on the Web&;starting with Softquad Panorama PRO, a full-featured SGML browser. There's even a powerful set of tools for creating and processing SGML documents.

It's time you supercharged your Web site or intranet with the power of SGML&;don't wait another day.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0135199840
• ISBN 13: 9780135199848
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 499