/////\\\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\///\\\/\ \ / \ Welcome to the SGML Newswire \ / / \ To subscribe, send email to sgmlinfo@avalanche.com \ / To unsubscribe, send message 'unsubscribe' \ \ To receive a current table of contents, and \ / instructions for ordering back issues, / \ specify 'send toc' in the body of your \ / message. Please also pass along info / \ to interested colleagues. \ / / ////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\///\\\\/// PRESS RELEASE FROM SGML OPEN AND THE SGML FORUM OF NEW YORK =========================================================== For immediate release. *********************** SGML Users and Vendors Join Forces to Offer Seminar on Interoperability, the World Wide Web and SGML. *********************** SGML Open and the SGML Forum of New York Provide Dual-Track Workshop Targeting IS and Corporate Management. Coraopolis, PA, August 29, 1995 -- SGML Open, the industry consortium dedicated to promoting the SGML standard for document and data interchange, together with the SGML Forum of New York user group, are sponsoring a one-day, educational seminar, Open for Business: The SGML Standard. This unique, dual-track program, with sessions of interest to both information systems analysts, corporate management and commercial publishers, will be held Tuesday, September 19, 1995 at the McGraw-Hill Building, 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York from 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM.Speakers at the event include representatives from Electronic Book Technologies, Release 1.0, Seybold Publications, Xyvision, and others The Standard Generalized Markup Language is the international standard for open interchange of documents and structured information objects. SGML provides the foundation for important initiatives such as the World Wide Web, the SEC's EDGAR electronic filing project, and the Library of Congress's American Memory project. SGML offers companies a way to protect their investment in information, to make documents accessible and deliverable in a choice of mediums. Open for Business: The SGML Standard provides answers for managers and corporate publishers interested in preparing for the explosive growth of the Internet and its impact on their business. "SGML is information interoperability," explains Mary Laplante, executive director for SGML Open. "It is the one standard that the semiconductor, aerospace and automotive industries are all adopting." "We put together this seminar as a response to the overwhelming interest in the business community right now," continues Cesare Del Vaglio, president of the SGML Forum of New York. "Management is realizing that the vast majority of their corporate information is stored, not in databases, but in documents. They appreciate that SGML offers real, competitive benefits for managing that information, for accessing it across the board, and they want to learn how to start taking advantage of it." Open for Business: The SGML Standard will provide business and technical information on SGML, the problems it solves, its application within information management environments, and its potential benefits. The seminar will explain the relationship between the Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) and SGML, as well as the role SGML will play in managing documents across the Internet. Sessions will examine issues such as: - Assessing Business Needs for SGML - Building an SGML System: Toolset Overview - Selling the SGML Concept to Management and Users - SGML, HTML and the Internet - SGML Databases and Document Management - SGML and Legacy Data The cost of the seminar in $99.00 U.S. Members of the SGML Forum of New York or SGML Open qualify for a discounted rate of $35.00. Interested parties may join the SGML Forum of New York for the annual membership fee of $40.00 and be eligible for the discounted admission to the seminar. To receive more information or to register, contact SGML Open, +412-264-4258, email: laplante@sgmlopen.com. The Sponsors SGML Open is a non-profit, international consortium of providers of products and services dedicated to accelerating the further adoption, application and implementation of SGML. The Consortium educates the commercial marketplace on the nature and value of SGML and provides a forum for vendors to address technical issues that enhance the interoperability of SGML applications,sometimes resulting in formal guidelines for standard procedures and protocols. Current sponsor members of SGML Open include: Advanced Information Systems/Berger Levrault; Andyne Computing, Ltd.; ArborText, Inc.; ATLIS Consulting Group; Corel Corporation; Data Conversion Laboratory; Database Publishing Systems Ltd.; Electronic Book Technologies, Inc.; Exoterica Corporation; Falch Infotek; Folio Corporation; Frame Technology Corporation;Fulcrum Technologies Inc.; the Graphic Communications Association; Grif SA; HaL Software Systems; Highland Consulting; InContext Corporation; InfoAccess Inc.; InfoDesign Corporation; Information Dimensions, Inc.; Intergraph Corporation; Interleaf Inc.; Jouve Software, Inc.; L. A. Burman Associates; Logical Design Solutions, Inc.; MID/Information Logistics Group GmbH; Novell Inc./ Wordperfect Corporation; OMI Logistics; Open Text Corporation; Oracle Corporation; Passage Systems Inc.; Recording for the Blind; Sema Group Benelux; SoftQuad Inc.; STEP (Sturtz Electronic Publishing Gmbh); Texcel; US Lynx; XSoft, the software division of Xerox Corporation; and Xyvision. The SGML Forum of New York is a non-profit organization devoted to the exchange of ideas and information about SGML. Organized primarily as a user group, the Forum seeks to promote an understanding of the scope and benefits of SGML. Members represent a wide variety of industries including publishing, financial services, insurance, securities, telecommunications, defense and pharmaceuticals. # # # For more information: Mary Laplante Executive Director SGML Open +412-264-4258 email: laplante@sgmlopen.com Chet Ensign Logical Design Solutions +908-771-9221 email: chet@lds.com -- Chet Ensign censign@interserv.com Logical Design Solutions, Inc. +1 908 771 9221 ***distributed with permission***** ////\\\\////\\\\///\\\///\\\\////\\\\///\\\\///\\\\///\ \ / / SGML NEWSWIRE LIST MANAGER \ \ Sue Martin-Gamble, Interleaf / \ 4999 Pearl East Circle, Ste 100 \ / Boulder, Colorado 80301 / \ VOX 303/449-5032 x 109 \ / FAX 303/449-3246 / \ sue@avalanche.com \ / / ////\/\/\/\/\//////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\/// :) :)