*************************************************************** ****************** WELCOME TO SGML NEWSWIRE ******************* *************************************************************** * * * To subscribe, send mail to sgmlinfo@avalanche.com * * * * (Please pass along to interested colleagues) * * * *************************************************************** INFORMATIONWEEK QUOTE ===================== The following citation was provided by one of our SGML Newswire subscribers for distribution: "Electronic Document Management: The 21st Century Mail Sorter; EDM Systems are getting more complex--and more useful" InformationWEEK, June 21, 1993, p. 58, by Michael Csenger "But SGML is more than a formatting language, When it is used to tag the content of a document, it also allows the information in that text to be manipulated as freely as data in a spreadsheet." FREE COPIES OF GILBANE REPORT ============================= Frank Gilbane, Editor of the Gilbane Report on Open Information and Document Systems, is offering complimentary copies of his Vol. 1, No. 2, May 1993 issue to SGML Newswire subscribers. This issue includes an executive overview of SGML, describing a business case, examples of what SGML does, why it is of interest to IS managers, its relation to client/server computing, and some of the forces driving SGML adoption. SGML-related topics you can expect to see in future issues of the Report include: -Electronic Distribution -SGML & Presentation Interchange: DSSSL, OS/FOSI, HyTime, ODA -Document Management and Databases -CALS & IETMs To receive a copy of the report, contact: Frank Gilbane, Editor The Gilbane Report Publishing Technology Management 46 Lewis Avenue Arlington, MA 02174-3206 Phone: (617) 643-8855 Fax: (617) 648-0678 Email: fgilbane@world.std.com ADDITIONAL SGML REFERENCES =========================== The following two references have been added to the list we sent out 3 June. The complete, updated list is available upon request. 1. GE Aircraft Engines, Springdale, OH SGML USER Project manager: John Bowers 513-552-2722 Main Ph. 513-243-2000 Comments: John Bowers agrees to interviews relative to the conversion projects GE is undertaking with Avalanche's FastTAG and SGML Hammer products. Draft manuscripts based on the interviews must be provided to Jim Stump's office (Media Relations) for review before appearing in print. The review process is usually completed within ten days. Address: Jim Stump Group Media Relations General Electric Company MD N-109 One Neumann Way Cincinnati, OH 45215-6301 2. Release 1.0 COMPUTER INDUSTRY NEWSLETTER Esther Dyson, Editor/Publisher Also, Board of Industry Advisors, SGML Open Ph. 212-758-3434 Email: 5113763@mcimail.com ************************************************************** * SGML NEWSWIRE LIST MANAGERS * * * * Christopher Locke, VP, Business Development * * Linda Turner, Corporate Communications * * Avalanche * * 947 Walnut Street * * Boulder, CO 80302 * * chris@avalanche.com * * linda@avalanche.com * * (303) 449-5032 * * (303) 449-3246 (fax) * **************************************************************