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International Standards for document description and processing
 Dr. Charles F.   Goldfarb
  Acting Convenor ISO/IEC JTC1/SC34/WG1, Project Editor, ISO 8879 (SGML)
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Saratoga   California  USA  95070
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Email: Charles@SGMLsource.com
 
Biographical notice:
 
Dr. Goldfarb invented the SGML language in 1974 and later led the team that developed it into the International Standard on which both HTML and XML are based. He serves as Editor of the Standard (ISO 8879) and as a consultant to developers of SGML and XML applications and products.
 
While at IBM Dr. Goldfarb led the project that invented SGML's precursor, GML, in 1969, for which he coined the term "markup language". He edits Prentice-Hall's "Definitive XML Series from Charles F. Goldfarb" and co-authored "The XML Handbook" and the "SGML Buyer's Guide". He has been profiled in Forbes and other publications, and the Seybold Report cited his "SGML Handbook" as the definitive reference on SGML.
 
Dr. Goldfarb is an Honorary Fellow of the Society for Technical Communication and holds the PIA Gutenberg Award. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School and Columbia College.
 
ABSTRACT:
 
The ISO now has a full-fledged sub-committee (SC34) dedicated to the SGML family of standards. This session will report on the final text of WebSGML, the revision of SGML, and the status of DSSSL, HyTime, Topic Maps, ISMID, and other related standards.
 
We will cover new SGML features, including strong datatyping, schemas, end-tag omission without a DTD, and partial DTDs.
 
As SC34 is meeting the week prior to the conference, the most current information will be presented at this session.
 
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