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[S3]    SGML APPLICATIONS AND IMPLEMENTATIONS
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[52]  ACH/ACL/ALLC.  Guidelines for the Encoding and Interchange of
      Machine Readable Texts.  Edited by C. Michael Sperberg-McQueen
      and Lou Burnard.  TEI-P1, Version 1.1  October 1990.  xx + 289
      pages.  This volume represents the results of work in Phase I of
      the International Text Encoding Initiative, sponsored by
      ACH/ACL/ALLC and several advisory associations.  The publication
      describes and illustrates mechanisms (some experimental) for
      SGML markup of many kinds of documents, especially for
      humanities fields (literary, linguistic, historical,
      philosophical studies).  The TEI encoding standard is an SGML
      application.  Contact the editors: in the US, Michael Sperberg-
      McQueen; BITNET: u35395@uicvm; Computer Center (M/C 135);
      University of Illinois at Chicago; Box 6998; Chicago, IL  60680;
      TEL: [phone]; in the UK, Lou Burnard; JANET:
      [e-mail]; Oxford University Computing Services; 13
      Banbury Road; Oxford OX2 6NN; TEL: [phone].   Version
      note: Draft Version TEI-P2 is scheduled to appear January 1992,
      and Version 3 is to be produced at the end of the current TEI
      project, April-June, 1992.

      Summary descriptions of the TEI effort may be found in several
      publications, among which the following may be mentioned: (1)
      Susan Hockey (Chair, TEI Steering Committee), "The ACH-ACL-ALLC
      Text Encoding Initiative: An Overview."  TEI Technical Report
      No. TEIJ16.  June, 1991.  Available as 'TEIJ16 DOC' from the
      public LISTSERVer at UICVM: see [114] below; or contact Wendy
      Plotkin, Email: [e-mail], OR [e-mail]
      OR [e-mail]; Postal: Wendy Plotkin, TEI-Rm 168 UIC
      Computer Center; Computer Center (M/C 135); University of
      Illinois at Chicago; Box 6998; Chicago, IL 60680;   (2) Lou
      Burnard, "An Introduction to the Text Encoding Initiative."  Pp.
      81-91 in Modelling Historical Data: Towards a Standard for
      Encoding and Exchanging Machine-Readable Texts: see sub [21]
      above.  Anyone interested in a full description of the TEI and
      its publications should request the TEI document title lists:
      (3) Document Number TEI A0 ("Text Encoding Initiative, Current
      Documents"), listing some 200 technical reports and working
      papers, and (4) Document Number TEI SC R14 ("Talks and Papers on
      the Text Encoding Initiative: A Cumulative List").

 [53] American National Standard for Electronic Manuscript Preparation
      and Markup. (ANSI/NISO Z39.59-1988).  Published for NISO
      (National Information Standards Organization) by Transaction
      Publishers (New Brunswick, NJ), 1991.  xv +167 pages.  ISBN: 0-
      88738-945-7.  ISSN: 1041-5653.   An earlier form of the document
      was published simply as: the Standard for Electronic Manuscript
      Preparation and Markup. (ANSI/NISO Z39.59-1988). 1987, 1988.
      This document was developed over several years as the "AAP
      Standard," was later promoted to by EPSIG/AAP as "the Electronic
      Manuscript Standard" or simply as the "Standard," and is now a
      NISO publication.  The AAP/EPSIG application is SGML-conforming,
      and provides a suggested tagset for authors and publishers.  The
      standard is said to "represent the first industry wide
      application of SGML (Standard Generalized Markup Language, ISO
      8879). The standard defines the format syntax of the application
      of SGML publication of books and journals.  The standard
      achieves two goals. First, it establishes a standard way to
      identify and tag parts of an electronic manuscript so that
      computers can distinguish between these parts.  Second, it
      provides a logical way to represent special characters, symbols,
      and tabulator material, using only the ASCII character set
      usually found on a standard keyboard."  The standard is
      available for $75 (75 US dollars) from Transaction Publishers,
      Rutgers--The State University, New Brunswick, NJ 08903, TEL: (1
      908) 932-2280.  Discounts are available for purchase of multiple
      copies.  Equally, the volume may be ordered from EPSIG: see
      [107].

[54]  Association of American Publishers.  Author's Guide to
      Electronic Manuscript Preparation and Markup.  2nd edition,
      November 1987.  Reprinted 1989.  ISBN: 1-55653-086-2.  Available
      from EPSIG.

[55]  Association of American Publishers.  The Markup of Mathematical
      Formulas.  2nd edition, 1987.  Reprinted 1989.  ISBN:1-55653-
      083-8.  Available from EPSIG.

[56]  Association of American Publishers.  The Markup of Tabular
      Material. 2nd edition, 1987.  Reprinted 1989.  ISBN: 1-55653-
      085-4.  Available from EPSIG.

[57]  Association of American Publishers.  Reference Manual on
      Electronic Manuscript Preparation and Markup.  2nd edition,
      November 1987.  Reprinted 1989.  ISBN: 1-55653-084-6.  Available
      from EPSIG.

[58]  Guittet, Christian (ed.)  FORMEX: formalisation de
      l'échange de publications électronique =
      Formalised Exchange of Electronic Publications. Luxembourg:
      Office des Publications officielles des Communautés
      européennes, 1985.  ISBN: 92-825-5399-X.  The volume
      contains an introduction to SGML and implementation of the
      standard for electronic interchange of CEC and OPOCE documents.

[59]  Smith, Joan M.  The Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML):
      Guidelines for Editors and Publishers. British National
      Bibliography Research Fund, 26.  1987.  ISBN: 0-7123-3111-5.
      ISSN: 0264-2972.  The abstract for [60] generally pertains to
      this document as well.

[60]  Smith, Joan M.  The Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML):
      Guidelines for Authors.  British National Bibliography Research
      Fund, 27.  1987.  ISBN: 0-7123-3112-3.  ISSN: 0264-2972.
      Abstract:  These guidelines are for authors of scholarly
      publications who wish to prepare documents for a publisher on
      existing text entry devices, word processors and personal
      computers, adding markup to the text in accordance with the
      Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML).  A simple approach
      is adopted, based on the concept of a starter set of tags.  An
      explanation of SGML is given and why markup should be used, and
      advice provided on what is to be done if the author has a
      publisher, has not yet got a publisher, or is his or her own
      publisher.  As far as the preparation of the document is
      concerned, there is advice on keying conventions, when not to
      use stylistic and formatting characteristics of the system, and
      conditions under which its features and facilities may be used.
      The starter set of tags is explained, and how to deal with
      lists, tables, and figures.  Cross referencing is addressed and
      the preparation of an index -- all with examples.  Information
      is given on how to extend the starter set and how to cope with
      text the author may not be able to markup for any reason.  How
      to deal with characters for printing, that cannot be imaged on
      the text entry device, is explained, also how to use
      abbreviations for lengthy character strings of a repetitive
      nature.  For all other issues, the author is referred to the
      publisher, to the companion 'Guidelines for Editors and
      Publishers', and to the standard itself.

[61]  US Department of Defense.  Military Specification. Markup
      Requirements and Generic Style Specification for Electronic
      Printed Output and Exchange of Text (SGML).  CALS Phase 1.1 Core
      Requirement Document. MIL-M-28001A Draft (Superseding MIL-M-
      28001, 15 December 1988).  17 July 1989.  501 pages.  Further
      amendments, revisions and extensions to this standard are in
      progress as of 1991.  The document is available in paper from
      the GCA and from any CALS document suppliers.  It is also
      available free in electronic format from the CALS-BBS Internet
      forum: see [117]. One would connect to the server via anon-FTP
      and "get" the individual files from the pub/cals/28001a
      subdirectory.  For machine parsable Document Type Declaration
      Sets and Output Specification Instance files, download the
      following in addition to the paginated "human readable" 28001a
      files:  (1) 38784PID.EXE (Document Type Declaration Set,
      Contents of Public Identifier "-//USA-DOD//DTD MIL-M-38784B
      900102//EN");  (1a) the revised/corrected file 38784-V2.EXE or
      38784-V2.PID; (2) TEMP-PID.EXE (Document Type Declaration Set,
      Contents of Public Identifier "-//USA DOD//DTD TEMPLATE
      900102//EN");  (3) OS-PID.EXE (Document Type Declaration Set,
      Contents of Public Identifier "-//USA-DOD//DTD OUTPUT SPEC
      900102//EN");  (4) TEMP-FOS.EXE (FOSI = Formatted Output
      Specification Instance Template for OUTSPEC.PID).

      The fuller CALS Specifications and Requirements package is
      likewise available in looseleaf paper format from GCA, and free
      from the CALS-BBS Internet forum in electronic format.  E.g.,
      (1) MIL-STD 1840A (Military Standard.  Automated Interchange of
      Technical Information.  Superceding MIL-STD-1840);  (2) MIL-R-
      28002 (Military Specification. Raster Graphics Representation in
      Binary Format, Requirements for);  (3) MIL D-28000 (Military
      Specification. Digital Representation for Communication of
      Product Data: IGES Application Subsets.  With Amendment 1, of
      20-December-1988);  (4) MIL-D-28003 (Military Specification.
      Digital Representation for Communication of Illustration Data:
      CGM Application Profile);  (5) MIL-HDBK-59a (Military Handbook.
      Department of Defense, Computer-Aided and Acquisition Logistic
      Support (CALS) Program Implementation Guide).  Explanation of
      these core requirements for CALS and the relationships of the
      specifications to SGML is accomplished in a book by Joan M.
      Smith, An Introduction to CALS: The Strategy and the Standards.
      Technology Appraisals Limited, 1990.  ISBN 1-871802-04-0.  143
      pages.  This introductory volume is also available from the GCA.

[62]  Vignaud, Dominique. L'édition structurée des
      documents: SGML application à l'édition
      français.  Paris: Éditions du Cercle de la
      Librarie, 1989.  ISBN: 2-7654 0420-8.  This volume was prepared
      to assist French publishers with application of the SGML
      standard. It supplies a basic DTD, and additional materials are
      available (including electronic files) for extending the DTD.
      The book is said to be the first volume in a series
      L'édition structurée des documents, published by
      Éditions du Cercle de la Librarie.  For availability,
      contact the Syndicat nationale de l'édition (SNE) or:
      Éditions du Cercle de la Librarie, 35 rue
      Grégorie-de-Tours, 75006 Paris, France.  Additional
      details: see "SGML: application à l'édition
      français," SGML Users' Group Newsletter 13 (August 1989)
      9; Yuri Rubinsky's brief review, "Can Imaginative Objects Have
      Intentions?" [TAG] 10 (July 1989) 11; or "French Book DTD
      Available," [TAG] 9 (March/April 1989) 15.  The book is similar
      in purpose to the American (EPSIG/AAP) volume "Standard for
      Electronic Manuscript Preparation and Markup" published by NISO,
      [53], and to the British volumes written by Joan Smith: [59] and
      [60].  Whereas the EPSIG/AAP standard for electronic publishing
      defined some 220 tags, Vignaud's DTD deliberately defines only
      60 tags.