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                       INFORMATION ABOUT SGML SIGHYPER
                         (THE HYTIME INTEREST GROUP)





THE SGML [1] USERS' GROUP SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP ON HYPERTEXT  AND  MULTIMEDIA
(SGML  SIGHYPER)  is  different from all other groups whose focus is hypertext
and multimedia theory, technology, and creativity.  The sole interest of  SGML
SIGhyper  is  the  promulgation  of  information  about  the  ISO/IEC "HyTime"
Hypermedia/Time-based Structuring Language (ISO/IEC Draft International  Stan-
dard  10744  [2]),  as a worldwide standard technical framework for integrated
open hypermedia, and in the applications  of  HyTime,  including  the  ISO/IEC
"SMDL" Standard Music Description Language (ISO/IEC Committee Draft 10743). We
hope that the publishing, documentation, entertainment, education, and  infor-
mation  processing  industries will evaluate HyTime as an appropriate standard
toward which they all can migrate in an orderly and  profitable  fashion.  The
intent  is  not  to  inhibit competition; quite the contrary, it is to help to
create a new arena for competition,  and  to  help  to  train  and  equip  the
players.

SGML SIGhyper has been created to provide a way for those who want a  flexible
and  open  technical  framework for hypermedia publishing to contribute to the
process of creating that framework.  Your membership  in  SGML  SIGhyper  will
connect  you  as  directly  as possible with the ISO [3] process, so that your
requirements for integrated open hypermedia can be known publicly and  met  in
the  course  of  a public process, and so that you will be informed about per-
tinent developments regarding technologies relevant to the  creation,  mainte-
nance,  and  processing  of  hypermedia  documents  represented in SGML.  SGML
SIGhyper's parent organization is the international  SGML  Users'  Group,  [4]
which  is  privileged  to send limited delegations to ISO meetings where SGML-
based standards such as HyTime are developed.

Members of SGML SIGhyper:

*    receive the "SGML SIGhyper  Newsletter,"  which  keeps  them  abreast  of
     current  technical  information about the emerging applications of HyTime
     and other developments.

*    know who is working in the field, and how to  get  in  touch  with  them.
     Members  receive  the  "SGML  SIGhyper  Directory,"  which lists all SGML
     SIGhyper members who elect to be listed in it.

*    are able to inform other  members  about  matters  of  general  interest,
     through  written  contributions to the "SGML SIGhyper Newsletter," and by
     direct mail to the members.

*    are aware of the availability of exemplary new HyTime documents, document
     type  definitions,  system  designs, and software, when they first become
     available.

*    are represented at ISO HyTime meetings.

CURRENT MEMBERS OF SGML SIGHYPER are employed by and/or represent the  follow-
ing  organizations:  Aarhus  University,  American  Chemical Society, American
National Standards Institute, Apple Computer, Inc.,  Aquidneck  Data  Company,

ArborText,  Inc.,  Asea  Brown  Boveri AB, Atlantic Research Corporation, AT&T
Bell Laboratories, Audre, Inc., Australian Taxation  Office,  Bellcore,  Blind



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'Dillo  Records, B.S.J. Technologies, Inc., Bull HN Information Systems Italia
S.p.A., CALS Journal, Canon Inc.,  CITRI,  Clemson  University,  CRA,  Concord
Research  Associates,  Inc.,  Database  Publishing  Systems  Ltd., Datalogics,
Incorporated, DATAMONT S.p.A. (Gruppo Ferruzzi),  Dimensional  Media  Systems,
Dow  Jones  &  Company, Inc., Eastman Kodak Company, Electronic Book Technolo-
gies, European  Organization  for  Nuclear  Research  (CERN),  Fabritius  A/S,
Florida  State  University, Fujitsu International Engineering Limited, Fujitsu
Laboratories Limited, G. D.  Searle  &  Company,  General  Electric  Corporate
Research  &  Development,  Glaxo  Canada, Incorporated, Graphic Communications
Association, Graphire Corporation, Group for the  Advancement  of  Fundamental
Research in Music, Grumman Melbourne Systems, HaL Computer Systems, Inc., Hat-
field Polytechnic, Heinz Heise Verlag GmbH & Co KG, Hewlett Packard,  Hewlett-
Packard,  Hyperview  Systems,  Inc.,  IBM  Corporation, IBM-France, Industrial
Technology Institute, InfoDesign Corporation, Inform II -- Microfor,  Informa-
tion  Navigation, Institute of Control Science, Intel Corporation, Intergraph-
ics Associates,  International  Computer  Music  Association,  Korea  Advanced
Institute  of Science and Technology, L. Taylor, Consultant, Linkoping Univer-
sity, Lockheed Missiles & Space Company, Inc., Logicon  --  Eagle  Technology,
Los  Angeles  County & USC Medical Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technol-
ogy, McGraw-Hill, Inc., Mead Data Central, Media Learning Systems, Inc., Memex
Information   Systems   Ltd.,   Meta-Connections,   Microstar  Software  Ltd.,
MID/Information Logistics Group GmbH,  MITRE  Corporation,  Moody's  Investors
Service,  MusicArt,  Mutual  of  America,  Naggum  Software, National Computer
Board, National Institute of Standards & Technology, NCR  Corporation,  Nomura
Research  Institute,  Ltd.,  Oak  Ridge  National Laboratory, Office Computing
Group, Open Software Foundation, Optical Publishing  Association,  O'Reilly  &
Associates,  Inc., OWL International, Inc., Paramax Systems Group, PIRA Inter-
national, Pratt & Whitney, Ricoh Corporation, Rohm and Haas Company, Ron Gorow
Music, Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden), Samsom Uitgeverij, Schlumberger
Laboratory for Computer Science, Sema Software Technology, SGML Forum, Siemens
Gammasonics,  Inc.,  Silicon Graphics, Inc., SoftQuad, Inc., Software Systems,
Sony Corporation of America, Sony Electronic Publishing  Company,  Spencer  W.
Allen  Computer  Consulting  Services,  Springer-Verlag  GmbH  & Co. KG, State
University of New York at Binghamton, Stockholm Institute of Education, Summer
Institute of Linguistics, Technical Arts Group, Technical Methods, Inc., Tech-
noTeacher, Inc., Teleprint Corporation, Telub Inforum A. B., Teradata Corpora-
tion, Tetrasys, The Electronic Frontier Foundation, Inc., The Fulcrum Consult-
ing Group, The HyperMedia Group, The Turing Institute, Union Bank of  Switzer-
land,  University of Calgary, University of California at Berkeley, University
of California, San  Diego,  University  of  Delaware,  University  of  Exeter,
University  of Florida, University of Illinois, University of Kent, University
of Massachusetts--Lowell, University  of  Surrey,  Unix  System  Laboratories,
Inc.,  Virginia  Polytechnic  Institute  and State University (Virginia Tech),
Washington University School of Medicine, Waynesburg College,  Wolters  Kluwer
Academic Publishers, and Xanadu Operating Company.

MEMBERSHIP IN THE SGML USERS' GROUP. It is not required that you join the SGML
Users'  Group,  but  it's probably a good idea.  The benefits of membership in
the SGML Users' Group include reduced rates at events organized by the  users'
group,  a copy of each issue of the "Bulletin" and "Newsletter," copies of the
standards and technical  reports  at  special  prices,  discounts  on  certain
relevant  books,  and  a 10% discount for the Markup conferences.  To join the
SGML Users' Group, you should send your name, affiliation,  position  in  your
institution  or  company, mailing address, telephone and/or facsimile numbers,
telex and/or internet and/or other electronic mailing  address(es),  a  signed
letter  of intent to join, and your annual membership dues of either US $75 or
Lb 40 for an individual, or US $150 or Lb 80 for a corporation, to SGML Users'

Group,  Stephen  G.  Downie, Secretary, c/o Softquad Inc., 56 Aberfoyle Cres.,
Suite 810, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA M8X 2W4 (voice: [phone];  fax:  +1



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416 239 7105).

THE GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION (GCA).  SGML  SIGhyper  recognizes  the
crucial  role that the GCA has played and continues to play in the development
of the HyTime standard.  As ANSI X3V1.8M Secretariat, the GCA provides  essen-
tial  sponsorship  for  meetings  and  mailings in support of that committee's
work.  We plan to continue  to  support  HyTime  technical  sessions  at  GCA-
sponsored conferences, such as "TechDoc," "SGML," "Expert Communication," etc.
For the foreseeable future, SGML SIGhyper  meetings  will  take  place  during
GCA-sponsored  conferences  (the  organizational meeting took place at TechDoc
'91, in Seattle, Washington, USA in August, 1991).  For  information,  contact
Mr.   Marion  L.   Elledge,  Vice President, Information Technologies, Graphic
Communications Association, 100 Daingerfield Road, Alexandria,  VA  22314  USA
(voice: [phone]; Telex: 510-600-0899; fax: [phone]).

ISO AND ANSI HYTIME MEETINGS. The SGML Users' Group sends delegations to these
meetings.   For  more  information,  contact Steven R. Newcomb, Chairman, SGML
SIGhyper, c/o TechnoTeacher, Inc., 1810 High Road, Tallahassee, FL  32303-4408
USA (voice: [phone]; fax: [phone]; Internet: [e-mail].)

SGML SIGHYPER ON LINE. Thanks to the efforts of Erik Naggum (the Vice Chairman
of SGML SIGhyper) and the University of Oslo, some SGML SIGhyper documents and
general  information  are   already   available   via   anonymous   FTP   from
ftp.ifi.uio.no ([129.240.88.1]) in the directory "SIGhyper." All new documents
are announced in the USENET group comp.text.sgml as they become available.  If
(and  only if) FTP service can't be used, members may request the document via
the internet from [e-mail].  An alternative source node for
SGML SIGhyper on-line documents is at Florida State University; the address is
mailer.cc.fsu.edu (128.186.6.103); the directory is pub/sgml.

At both FTP nodes, there is also a public-domain SGML parser in  the  form  of
both  C source code (for either Unix or MS-DOS) and MS-DOS executables.  Known
as "ARC SGML," the parser comes with absolutely  no  warranties  of  any  kind
whatsoever.  SGML  SIGhyper  will send (with absolutely no warranties, guaran-
tees, or anything else, for that matter) copies of ARC SGML in  the  following
formats for the following prices to the following addresses.  (You may be able
to get lower prices by buying directly from the SGML Users' Group.)


                            U.S. addresses        non-U.S. addresses
IBM (MS-DOS) 3.5" HD        US  $ 27.75           US  $ 30.00
IBM (MS-DOS) 5.25" HD       US  $ 34.21           US  $ 38.00
UNIX TAR, 1/4" cartridge    US  $ 59.90           US  $ 72.00


Copies of ISO DIS 10744 (HyTime) and CD 10743 (SMDL) are available  from  SGML
SIGhyper,  as  well  as from the GCA, and your country's ISO member body.  The
HyTime and SMDL standards documents are NOT available in electronic form.   If
you  wish  to order these documents from SGML SIGhyper, the prices are as fol-
lows:

ISO Standards        base    N. America non-N. America
                     price   postage    air postage     FL tax
DIS 10744 (HyTime)   19.40   2.90       10.50           1.36
CD 10743 (SMDL)      11.96   1.44        5.50           0.84



Non-members of SGML SIGhyper should double the base  prices  indicated  above.
Orders  may accompany membership applications.  Please make your check in U.S.



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funds payable to "SGML SIGhyper," and mail it to: Chris W. Higgins, Treasurer,
SGML  SIGhyper,  c/o TechnoTeacher, Inc., 1810 High Road, Tallahassee, Florida
32303-4408 USA.  (Voice: [phone]. Fax: [phone].   Internet:
[e-mail])

Note: You will need the HyTime document in order to understand the SMDL  docu-
ment.   Please  be  informed  that  the  SMDL document has not been revised to
reflect the changes in the HyTime DIS, so there is some inconsistency  between
the two documents.




                                  FOOTNOTES


1.   SGML stands for ``Standard Generalized Markup Language," an international
     standard (ISO 8879-1986) metalanguage for the expression of the structure
     of document types and for tagging the  structural  elements  of  document
     instances  conforming  to  any  particular  document type.  SGML has been
     adopted by many of the world's largest publishers and by many  countries,
     including the US and the EC.

2.   HyTime became an ISO Draft International Standard (DIS) in August,  1991,
     and its progression to the status of an International Standard will prob-
     ably be the subject of a worldwide ballot during 1992.

3.   "ISO stands for  "International  Organisation  for  Standardization,"  an
     organization  whose  members  are the national standards-making bodies of
     the participating countries.

4.   The SGML Users' Group is an international group entirely devoted  to  the
     promotion  and exchange of information about the ISO SGML standard (Stan-
     dard Generalized Markup Language; ISO 8879-1986).





























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              Application for Membership in SGML SIGhyper (91/09/24)





_______________________________________  _______________________________________
signature                                city


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name (surname last)                      city zone


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title                                    state, province, etc.


_______________________________________  _______________________________________
sub-department                           postal code


_______________________________________  _______________________________________
department                               country


_______________________________________  _______________________________________
company or institution                   work telephone


_______________________________________  _______________________________________
mailstop                                 home telephone


_______________________________________  _______________________________________
street, p.o. box, suite, etc. -- line 1  facsimile machine


_______________________________________  _______________________________________
street, p.o. box, suite, etc. -- line 2  Internet, Bitnet, etc. address


_______________________________________  _______________________________________
street, p.o. box, suite, etc. -- line 3  Internet, Bitnet, etc. address


_______________________________________  _______________________________________
street, p.o. box, suite, etc. -- line 4  other electronic address


Please mark with an X whichever of the above items you DO  NOT  wish  to  have
printed in the SGML SIGhyper Directory.

Please feel free to attach any self-describing information you  wish  to  have
printed in the SGML SIGhyper Directory.  Organizations may use up to six lines
at no extra charge; individuals may use up to three lines.  In case the infor-
mation  does  not  fit within the space allocated for your type of membership,

please also indicate whether you wish us to edit it, or print it verbatim  and
bill  you  for  any  extra  lines. (Advertising space in the Directory is also



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available by the page.)

A membership year begins on August 1 and ends on July 31.  Membership dues are
payable  annually,  and  they should be received before August 1. If your dues
are received after September 1, you may miss some mailings, and you may not be
listed in the SGML SIGhyper Directory.

All members receive the SGML SIGhyper Directory annually.

All current members of record receive all SGML SIGhyper Newsletter  issues  at
their  time  of original publication.  Back issues are available to members at
extra charge.  Written contributions to the Newsletter are welcome  any  time.
SGML SIGhyper reserves the right to refuse or edit all written contributions.

Organizations may list up to two persons in addition to the organization's own
listing.   Each of the two persons will receive all mailings, and there may be
up to three listings in the Directory altogether: one for each of the two per-
sons,  and one for the organization itself.  Therefore, organizations may wish
to submit three of these forms with each membership.


Type of membership   Annual Dues for North   Dues for Addressees Outside
                     American Addressees     North America
Organization         US $ 150.00             US $ 170.00
Individual           US $  75.00             US $  95.00


Please make your check in U.S.  funds payable to "SGML SIGhyper," and mail  it
with  your  application  to:  Chris  W. Higgins, Treasurer, SGML SIGhyper, c/o
TechnoTeacher, Inc., 1810 High  Road,  Tallahassee,  Florida  32303-4408  USA.
(Voice: [phone].  Fax: [phone]. Internet: [e-mail]).