local copy of handbook
Michael Powell
nightrecon at verizon.net
Thu Jan 1 20:59:16 UTC 2009
Masoom Shaikh wrote:
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> wow, am waiting eagerly....HTML is complex, what is SGML :)
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Stands for Standard Generalized Markup Language, with roots in the printing
industry. When authors submit a manuscript for publishing it contains
content, but it is up to the typesetter how it will appear on the page
when printed. The layout and columns in a printed magazine or newspaper
are examples of this.
HTML and XML are actually subsets of SGML, with SGML being a "meta" markup
language. The primary advantage of authoring documentation using SGML is
that it is relatively easy to parse and convert into many different formats
from one source document.
This way you maintain one document, and then regenerate the copies, e.g.
HTML, XHTML, XML, etc, on an as needed basis. Plenty of more info is
readily available on the Web.
-Mike
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