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- From: bdowning@unixland.natick.ma.us (Bill Downing)
- Subject: Market for SGML service bureaus...
- Message-ID: <1992Nov11.142750.3052@unixland.natick.ma.us>
- Organization: Unixland Public Access Unix and BBS
- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 14:27:50 GMT
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- I'm thinking of launching an adjunct to my business that would help
- clients get their paper documentation online, most likely using SGML
- as the underlying data representation. For this purpose, I'll need o
- conduct a small marketing survey to figure out what potential clients
- want. If anyone who is contemplating online conversion could answer
- the following questions via email, I'd appreciate it. I'll post a
- summary of responses if there's interest.
-
- 1. Are you planning to put some or all of your documents online within
- the next 12 months?
-
- 2. What computer platforms do you plan to distribute the online
- documents on?
-
- 3. Will you be using SGML to mark up your documents or some other
- representation?
-
- 4. If you plan to use SGML, do you already have a DTD (Document Type
- Description) or will you need outside help in creating one?
-
- 5. If you plan to use SGML, will you need outside help in tagging your
- documents with SGML markup?
-
- 6. What medium do you intend to use to distribute online documents
- (CD-ROM, electronic transmission via networks, other)?
-
- 7. If you are distributing via CD-ROM, will you need outside help
- creating a CD-ROM-compatible document database and transferring the
- data to CD-ROM?
-
- 8. What sort of information are you distributing online (purchasing
- information, maintenance manuals, product updates, etc.)?
-
- 9. What products/services does your company/organization provide?
-
- 10. Optional: Name, title, company, address, telephone?
-
-
- Thanks in advance for your help!
-
- Regards,
-
-
- --
- Bill Downing, President Email: bdowning@unixland.natick.ma.us
- DOWNING ASSOCIATES, INC.
- 8 Doyle Lane, Hopkinton, MA 01748
- 508-435-4567
-