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.
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.