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Subject:Re: Red-lining software From:Dave Walker <walker -at- RANKIN -dot- ASPENTEC -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 27 May 1993 12:08:50 EST
In a message of Thu, 27 May 1993 10:13:42 CDT
Received on Thu, 27 May 1993 11:49:51 EST
Robert Whitehead <rcwhiteh -at- MEDRCW -dot- B17B -dot- INGR -dot- COM> wrote
to: Multiple recipients of list TECHWR-L <TECHWR-L -at- OSUVM1 -dot- BITNET>
>In the words of Chuck Banks:
>> FrameMaker, WordPerfect, Microsoft Word, Xerox GlobalView all
>> provide redlining.
>Are these packages SGML-compliant?
Rumor has it WordPerfect has an SGML converter undergoing beta testing, and
(rumor also) Miscrosoft will be backing the SGML standard in Word in the
future.
One important question to ask vendors who say their software is SGML-compliant
is "Does it support arbitrary document types?" SGML is a kind of meta-standard
in which many document type standards can exist. If you're working with one
or two document types, you want to be sure the software you buy
to import and manipulate SGML can handle the document types you work with.
Vendor X may say they are SGML-compliant, but when they say SGML-compliant,
they may only handle one type of (maybe propriety) document type.
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dave walker
development engineer for documentation
Aspen Technology, Inc.
10 Canal Park
Cambridge, MA 02141
(617)577-0100
