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Date: | Mon, 9 Nov 1998 11:36:02 -0500 |
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Sebastian Rahtz <[log in to unmask]> writes:
> strange. I use software based on standards every day of my life, and I
> don't own any of them. how is your copy of ASCII?
For the most part I think that it does not make sense for me to
rely on a standard that is "owned" because I then have the concern
that it could be changed in an unfair way.
It's probably reasonable to trust ISO.
If you want the SGML standard, a nicely annotated copy of it
is in Goldfarb's _SGML Handbook_ and it's probably impractical
to think about asking for the creation of a web-served version.
(I don't about revisions of the standard in regard to possible
revisions of the book.)
The book has a readable tutorial. As for the rest it's like the
Unix manual. Mostly, it's more than you want to know, but you may
want to have it. Its price, as I recall, is roughly the same order
of magnitude as the ISO thing. You can survive without it if you
go to "comp.text.sgml" and to Robin Cover's web site on SGML.
-- Bill
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