*************************************************************** ****************** WELCOME TO SGML NEWSWIRE ******************* *************************************************************** * * * To subscribe, send mail to sgmlinfo@avalanche.com * * * * (Please pass along to interested colleagues) * * * *************************************************************** DATAMATION ========== An article in this month's Datamation issue focuses on how various commercially available document management products may help information systems move toward the "less paper" office. Products from Interleaf, Adobe, Frame, Folio, WordPerfect and Electronic Book Technologies are all discussed. Read the details in: Datamation, "Paper-Free Publishing Gets Real," 1 September 1993, Lee The'. SGML-related sidebar: "Electronic Publishing's Lingua Franca." CALS JOURNAL: THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY ===================================== For those of you interested in reading about industry-specific applications of SGML, this season's CALS Journal provides a study of SGML in the automotive industry. The J2008 standard was developed by the J2008 Task Force of the Society of Automotive Engineers. "Although J2008 has been active for many years, industry involvement and development activities have accelerated dramatically since the passage of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments. While these Amendments focused on the availability of emissions levels detection information through on-board diagnostics, the Act also addresses the availability of emissions-related service information...." "The J2008 standard is content-oriented or a non-document application of the Standard Generalized Markup Language." CALS Journal "SGML Applied to Automotive Service Information" Fall 1993 James E. Harvey ************************************************************** * SGML NEWSWIRE LIST MANAGER * * * * Linda Turner * * Corporate Communications * * Avalanche * * 947 Walnut Street * * Boulder, CO 80302 * * sgmlinfo@avalanche.com * * linda@avalanche.com * * Vox: (303) 449-5032 * * Fax: (303) 449-3246 * **************************************************************