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Date: Wed, 28 Jun 1995 16:13:01 +0200
From: Giovanni MenoZero Pensa <pensa@DSI.UNIMI.IT>
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I know (or believe):
 
1. There should be a Working Group on "SGML and LaTeX".
   Don't know anything about their work.
 
2. There are some programs (e.g. Format) that translate
   SGML documents or the result of SGML parsers into (La)TeX.
 
3. There /should/ be a TeX format able to read directly SGML
   files. But the author's email is unreachable.
 
4. I've started something similar to [see point 3]. But it's
   far from complete.
 
5. In the file ltx3info.tex from the new LaTeX2e distribuition you say:
 
   "The syntax of the new \LaTeX{} user-interface will, for example,
    support the \SGML{} concepts of `entity', `attribute' and `short
    reference' in such a way that these can be directly linked to the
    corresponding  \SGML{} features."
 
The question is: how much SGML is going to be supported by the LaTeX3
people? Will it be possible to "compile" directly SGML document
(e.g. <H1 ID="Sec:Commands" ALIGN=CENTER/Title/ )
or it will be necessary to /translate/ it to LaTeX?
 
g.
 
Giovanni MenoZero Pensa  <pensa@dsi.unimi.it>
http://www.dsi.unimi.it/Users/Students/pensa/