Re: DSSL-Lite (was Red: URL auto-print?)

James D Mason (MASONJD@oax.a1.ornl.gov)
Fri, 17 Feb 95 16:16:28 EST

DSSSL-Lite is an application of ISO/IEC DIS 10179.2, DSSSL.

DSSSL has just survived its second DIS ballot and is awaiting the disposition
of comments and the accompanying editing process, leading to publication as a
final ISO/IEC standard in early summer.

The primary source of information on DSSSL Lite is Steve Pepper's page at the
URL listed (http://www.falch.no/~pepper/DSSSL-Lite/).

Sources for DIS 10179.2 itself are at ftp://ftp.ornl.gov/pub/sgml/WG8/DSSSL/
(= ftp://infosrv1.ctd.ornl.gov/pub/sgml/WG8/DSSSL/); these include the full
SGML source and PostScript and PDF output.

The DSSSL information page is on James Clark's machine,
http://www.jclark.com/dsssl/

It appears that DSSSL and HyTime will evolve towards a common SGML tree model,
and HyTime will be able to employ a revision of the DSSSL query language,
expressed as architectural forms. DSSSL-Lite will be refined after DSSSL
itself is published.

Dr. James D. Mason
(ISO/IEC JTC1/SC18/WG8 Convenor)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Information Management Services
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Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6302 U.S.A.
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