*************************************************************** ****************** WELCOME TO SGML NEWSWIRE ******************* *************************************************************** * * * To subscribe, send mail to sgmlinfo@avalanche.com * * * * (Please pass along to interested colleagues) * * * *************************************************************** WORDPERFECT SGML PRODUCT ======================== Yesterday's edition of SGML Newswire neglected to mention a second SGML article in the 29 March InfoWorld: "Intellitag converts WP documents into SGML format" by Jeanette Borzo (p. 26). This has been added to the bibliography, which is being continually updated. Subscribers to this list can request the most recent version at any time simply by sending mail to sgmlinfo@avalanche.com and typing SEND CURRENT BIBLIOGRAPHY in the body. SGML AT SEYBOLD =============== Seybold Seminars 93 will take place in Boston at the Hynes Center from April 12-16. A significant amount of SGML energy will be surfacing for the first time here. Look for some entirely new forces to emerge in this market (names you would recognize). Press can obtain more information and regisiter with: Seybold Seminars 93 Box 6710 Malibu, CA 90264-6710 (310) 457-8500 (310) 457-8599 (fax) Selected SGML-related events at Seybold: "New Perspectives for Power Publishers" Tuesday 13 April 11:00-12:30 p.m. SGML Open announcement Tuesday 13 April 3:15-4:00 p.m. "SGML Update" Tuesday 13 April 4:00-5:30 p.m. "SGML Free-for-All" Wednesday 14 April 7:30-9:00 p.m. "Can WYSIWYG and Structured Documents Coexist?" Thursday 15 April 8:30-10:00 a.m. SGML MARKET REPORT ================== Published last year, but still unparalleled, this report on the SGML software market is available from: InterConsult, Inc 366 Massachusetts Avenue Arlington, MA 02174 (617) 646-9600 (617) 646-9615 (fax) The full report (and associated software) costs several thousand dollars, and review copies have not been given out in the past. However, the firm has some useful background on the market (abstracted from the report) that it has been willing to share with interested journalists. SGML OPEN ========= This "news" is a bit dated, but it may still be useful to readers of this list. Contact: Barbara Ewen McGlinchey & Paul (617) 862-4514 mpa@mcimail.com New Consortium Formed to Expand Document Interchange Standard SGML Open to Bring Document Data Standard to Commercial Markets San Antonio, TX - February 24, 1993 - SGML Open, a consortium of electronic distribution, authoring and database software companies, was announced today at the Tech Doc meeting held here. SGML (Standard Generalized Markup Language) is an international ISO standard for the interchange of documents and data in electronic form that is already vital to industries such as automotive, telecommunications, aerospace and government agencies, but is not yet widely accepted by other commercial markets. The founding members of SGML Open include AIS, ArborText, Avalanche, Computer Task Group, Database Publishing Systems, EBT, Fulcrum, InfoDesign, Information Dimensions, Intergraph, Interleaf, Open Text, Object Design, Officesmith/CTMG, Oracle, SoftQuad and XSoft. According to analysts, SGML has the potential to do for document-based information what SQL did for proprietary databases. It allows organizations to structure and manage information in a cross-platform, application-independent way. The benefits to organizations include the reduction or elimination of misinformation, lower costs and faster time-to-market. Market research firm InterConsult estimates demand for SGML products to reach $550 million by 1995. SGML Open's objectives cover both technical and marketing issues: to educate the commercial market about the advantages of SGML and provide information to help organizations implement the standard; and to provide a forum where vendors can resolve issues in applying the standard to real-world applications by providing guidelines. The announcement of the formal founding, organizational structure and proposed program will be made at the Seybold Seminars in Boston, April 14-16, at which time additional new members will be included. The acting officers include Yuri Rubinsky, chairman (president of SoftQuad), Larry Bohn, president (senior vice president, Interleaf) and Haviland Wright, chief technologist (president of Avalanche Development Company). SGML Open's Board of Advisors includes Frank Gilbane, president of Publishing Technology Management, and Jonathan Seybold, president of Seybold Seminars, and Charles Goldfarb, considered the originator of SGML. According to Frank Gilbane, "This important step forward signifies the beginning of the real ascendancy of SGML as the commercial standard that will allow true interoperability between data and documents." ************************************************************** * SGML NEWSWIRE LIST MANAGER * * * * Linda Turner * * Corporate Communications * * Avalanche * * 947 Walnut Street * * Boulder, CO 80302 * * sgmlinfo@avalanche.com * * linda@avalanche.com * * Vox: (303) 449-5032 * * Fax: (303) 449-3246 * **************************************************************