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| Vol.
1, Issue 2 |
December
13th 1999 |
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"Racing To Convert Books To Bytes."
- New DCL FAQ Sheets.
- "Making Sense of XML DTD's and Schemas: A
Practical Introduction"
- DCL Presentations Published On The Web.
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>>> "RACING
TO CONVERT BOOKS TO BYTES." (Conversion Goes Mainstream)
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Click here to see the article.
(NY Times Free Subscription Required)
The recent SGML Forum meeting
focused on digitizing content and was titled "Leaping The
Yawning Chasm; Converting From Paper to SGML."
[http://www.desktoplive.com/sgmlny/102099.htm]
This week, the New York Times recognized the "evolving market
for e-titles" and how "traditional publishers are gearing
up for whatever form of digital publishing emerges."
>>> NEW DCL FAQ
SHEETS. <<<
http://www.dclab.com/dclfaq.asp
The premier edition of DCLnews met
with real enthusiasm from readers. Our vision that the
newsletter promote interactive discussion proved true, as we
received many interesting questions and comments. While each
was responded to individually, we've started to publish the more
interesting questions, with our responses, in our new FAQ Sheets.
>>> "MAKING SENSE OF XML DTD's AND SCHEMAS: A
PRACTICAL INTRODUCTION." <<<
http://www.sgmlny.org/events.html#121599
(Of particular interest to those in the NY-Metro area).
There are many critical issues to
be addressed by anyone using or contemplating using XML, whether in
the publishing or data exchange arenas. The upcoming SGML
Forum meeting will focus on some of the important issues.
Admission is free ... and the speakers include ... Bob DuCharme,
Assistant Vice President, Moody's Investors Service, and Scott
Vorthmann, Senior Architect, Extensibility, Inc.
Date: Wednesday, December
15th, 5:20 p.m.
Place: McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1221 Avenue of the Americas
(entrance on 49th St.),
2nd Floor Conference Center, rm. 208, NYC
>>> DCL
PRESENTATIONS PUBLISHED ON THE WEB. <<<
http://www.dclab.com/allpresent.asp
DCL is frequently invited to speak
on the subject of data conversion and related issues at leading
conferences. Our most recent presentations are now available
online.
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