Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!ames!oliveb!sun!news From: news@sun.uucp (news) Newsgroups: comp.text.desktop Subject: Need info on document languages Message-ID: <59744@sun.uucp> Date: 13 Jul 88 20:48:58 GMT Distribution: comp Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc. - Mtn View, CA Lines: 29 Approved: desktop-request%plaid@sun.com I need information on Standard Graphics Markup Language (SGML) and Standard Document Markup Language. Specifically: o what are they? o why would I want to use either of them? o how do they differ functionally from PostScript (tm)? o what documentation is available? o what types of information can be encoded with these langauges? Thanks in advance. Jeff Marchese {sun,ames,att}!pacbell!ptsfa!jem (415)823-5163 ---------------------------------------- Submissions to: desktop@plaid.sun.com Administrivia to: desktop-request@plaid.sun.com UUCP: {amdahl,decwrl,hplabs,ihnp4}!sun!plaid!desktop{-request} Archives can be gotten from the archive-server. To get information on the archive-server, send mail to: archive-server@plaid.sun.com -or- sun!plaid!archive-server with a subject line of help