The SGML Handbook

by Charles F. Goldfarb

The Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) is a revolutionary innovation designed to improve the productivity and competitiveness of all computers. It greatly facilitates the sharing of data and the integration of diverse types of software, yielding a new era of efficiency and flexibility. This guide to SGML is written by the inventor of the language. In it he gives his thoughts on each clause of the widely adopted international standard, and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198537379
• ISBN13: 9780198537373
• Release Date: February 1991
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 688 Pages
• Weight: 2.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.5" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Required SGML Reading IF

you are planning on really getting into the world of SGML. If you are a beginner, or just playing with SGML, this book isn't for you. The book does contain the entire ISO 8879 standard and is extensively cross referenced. After five years using it, I still find it easy to get lost in the references. If you want the final, definative word from the MAN who wrote the standard, this is it.

The official ISO standard.

This is not the first book you should read about SGML, but if you are going to do any serious development in SGML, you need this on your bookshelf. It contains the entire text of the ISO standard, plus Goldfarb's annotations