*************************************************************** ****************** WELCOME TO SGML NEWSWIRE ******************* *************************************************************** * * * To subscribe, send mail to sgmlinfo@avalanche.com * * * * (Please pass along to interested colleagues) * * * *************************************************************** THE WORLD WIDE WEB INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE ============================================= The following document was sent to me by a contractor at Ford who is implementing SGML for the World Wide Web (WWW -- a global hypertext system based on SGML). Iain O'Cain, ec@umcc.umich.edu SEMiSLUG presentation 13 January 1994 TABLE 1: WWW TOOLS ------------------ >Viewing: client *any API tool using libWWW (e.g. FrameViewer)* -NCSA Mosaic -Cello -Viola -TkWWW -www.el (emacs module) >Navigation: server *any web-supported server (ftp, gopher, http, etc.)* -ftp: included with UNIX -nntp: CNews, INN, etc. -gopher -http: NCSA httpd, CERN httpd, BSDI Plexus, GN -wais >Creation: author *any SGML tool* -Avalanche/FrameMaker -FrameBuilder -Interleaf 5 -WordPerfect Intellitag -SoftQuad Author/Editor -TkWWW -www.el (emacs module) TABLE 2: STANDARD WWW ELEMENTS ------------------------------ Name Standard Description ---- -------- ----------- HTML SGML Multimedia document format with hyperlink anchors URL URL Uniform Resource Locator to find a document anywhere network protocols ftp, gopher, Simple client/server nntp, http transports widely used now on TCP/IP networks, including the Internet data typing MIME Multimedia Interactive Mail Extension data types help guarantee proper document delivery TABLE 3: SOME COMPANIES USING THE WEB ------------------------------------- Digital Equipment Corp * http://gatekeeper.dec.com/info.html Hewlett-Packard * (considering public servers) Sun Microsystems * IBM * Novell http://www.novell.com AT&T Intel Corp. (public server planned for 1Q94) Berkeley Systems Design http://www.bsdi.com General Motors Delco Electronics Lockheed GTE Laboratories O'Reilly & Assoc. http://gnn.nearnet.com Mother Jones Mag. http://www.mojones.com/motherjones.html Morningstar, Inc. http://www.morningstar.com CurryCo, Ltd. http://www.mtv.com * These companies are also part of COSE, which provides online help in an SGML format (SDL) that translates to HTML. "When I demoed Mosaic to my boss, he went CRAZY and wanted more and more and more. So, after just about 4 man-hours, we had some 30 hypertext pages in our server, including images." -- Nathan Lane, Tricon Systems, Inc., Lompoc, CA "There are no instances of a super-computing center going out of business." -- Stewart Greenfield, TPR, Austin, TX ************************************************************** * 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 * **************************************************************