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From: <eric -dot- dunn -at- ca -dot- transport -dot- bombardier -dot- com>
To: "Ned Bedinger" <doc -at- edwordsmith -dot- com>
Cc: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 2:50 PM
Subject: Re: Allocated chapter numbers for specific chapter content
> Whoa there!
>
> Sorry Ned, but despite the big words I have difficulty understanding or
> believing the difference between SGML and XML.
Thanks for stereoscoping my explanation. I'll have to ruminate on what it
reveals, but your identification of 'marketing fluff' is immediately
poignant--my formative exposure to XML virtues and uses was an early B2B
project with strong ulterior marketing overtones. I was enthused, and quite
likely drank too much of the kool-aid.
I'll chip away at reading the standards and let you know if/how I think what
I said still makes a case.
Ned Bedinger
Ed Wordsmith Technical Communications
> Ned Bedinger wrote on 09/20/2004 05:15:15 PM:
>
> > SGML was devised as a way to describe a
> > document to computers. XML then came
> > along as a way to extend SGML's limited
> > ability to carry the meaning of a
> > document's contents.
>
> Neither SGML not XML are any different in this regard. Neither is more or
> less suited to data or content markup. Both are the framework for defining
> mark-up languages.
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