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A language to describe formatting directives for SGML documents

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TEX for Scientific Documentation (TeX 1986)

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Abstract

SGML is a standard proposed by ISO for documents description based on generalized markup technique. The formatting process of a SGML document could consist in singling out markup elements and inserting formatting directives into the document in accordance with the class of the markup elements themselves, using a suitable map table.

This paper will present an implementation of an environment of SGML documents production, emphasizing a special language, METAFORM, for the map table construction.

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  1. Department of Computer Science, University of Milan, Via Moretto da Brescia, 9, Milano, Italy

    Huu Van Le & Elisa Terreni

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Jacques Désarménien

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Van Le, H., Terreni, E. (1986). A language to describe formatting directives for SGML documents. In: Désarménien, J. (eds) TEX for Scientific Documentation. TeX 1986. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 236. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0022696

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