The SGML FAQ Book

Steven J. DeRose

ISBN 10: 0792399439 / ISBN 13: 9780792399438

Published by Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1997

About this Item

Aus Bibliothek aussortiert; Leichte Abnutzungen. Drawing on many years of work with SGML systems, DTD's and users, Steve DeRose has assembled The SGML FAQ Book, which addresses the questions SGML users of all kinds run into in their daily work (from the Web author to the high-tech documentation specialist). In a clear, accessible style this book provides the answers to those questions, as well as recommendations on how to use SGML most effectively. The questions are organized by kinds of SGML users, ranging from authors using systems that (usually!) hide most SGML details, to authors who deal directly with SGML, to DTD designers and others who get into all the gory details.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The SGML FAQ Book
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0792399439
• ISBN 13: 9780792399438
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fair

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Synopsis

Although not evident to all, many people have been waiting more than a decade for The SGML FAQ Book by Steve DeRose. It has been "brewing" for a long time, with many hours, months, years of research talking to people, gathering their ideas, listening to their frustrations, applauding their successes. Only Steve with his experience, credentials, wit, and enthusiasm for the subject could have written this book. But it is also a measure of the success and maturity of ISO 8879 and its amazing longevity that allows an "SGMLer" to write such a book. We can now laugh at ourselves, even disclose our mistakes without fear of the other guy. While most would not recognize it, the revolution known as the World Wide Web would not have happened without a non-proprietary, easy, and almost "portable way to create and distribute documents across a widely disparate set of computers, networks, even countries. HTML, an SGML application, enabled this and as a result the world and the SGML community will never be the same. For some the term SGML means order, management, standards, discipline; to others, the term brings images of pain, confusion, complexity, and pitfalls. To all who have engaged in it, the Standard means hard work, good friends, savings in terms of time, money, and effort, a sense of accomplishment and best of all - fun. This book adds immeasurably to all of these. Enjoy the quote from Through Looking by Lewis Carroll as much as we have.