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- From: cash@convex.com (Peter Cash)
- Subject: Re: FrameBuilder
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- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 03:19:21 GMT
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- In article <ROBIN.93Jan10111434@utafll.utafll.uta.edu> robin@utafll.uta.edu (Robin Cover) writes:
- >The description of FrameBuilder's "SGML support" by Peter Cash is a
- >major stunner, if it is accurate. The Fall issue of <title>Frame
- >Focus</> had a lead article "Frame Joins Forces with Datalogics" which
- >said, among other things:
- >
- > FrameBuilder provides full, native support for Standard
- > Generalized Markup Language (SGML), a widely adopted ISO
- > standard for document interchange.
- >
- >Nobody doubts that Datalogics does "real" SGML, I assume, but the
- >truth about (current, projected) FrameBuilder deserves to be
- >clarified immediately.
-
- Well, I should mention (if I didn't in my original post) that my
- impressions are derived from witnessing the FrameBuilder demo at the SGML
- 1992 conference (in November), and from discussions I had with Frame reps
- there. Since this was beta software, it's (just) conceivable that Frame
- thoroughly transmogrified the product before releasing it. However, I would
- think that the Frame reps would have mentioned something about any such
- planned enhancements.
-
- I think Frame definitely has the expertise to do this right--I just don't
- think they've done it yet.
-
- >I thought that "full, native support for SGML" would mean a true
- >SGML editor that would read any SGML DTD + document instance and
- >get right to work.
-
- Yes, that's what those words mean to me, also.
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