INCITS/ISO/IEC 10179 : 1996

1 Scope
2 Conformance
3 Normative References
4 Definitions
5 Notation and Conventions
   5.1 Syntax Productions
   5.2 Procedure Prototypes
6 DSSSL Overview
   6.1 Areas of Standardization
   6.2 Conceptual Model
   6.3 DSSSL Languages
        6.3.1 The Transformation Language
        6.3.2 The Style Language
7 DSSSL Specifications
   7.1 DSSSL Document Architecture
        7.1.1 Features
        7.1.2 SGML Grove Plan
        7.1.3 Character Repertoire
        7.1.4 Standard Characters
        7.1.5 Other Characters
        7.1.6 Baseset Encoding
        7.1.7 Literal Described Character
        7.1.8 Sdata Entity Mapping
        7.1.9 Separator Characters
        7.1.10 Name Characters
        7.1.11 Character Combination
   7.2 Public Identifiers
   7.3 Lexical Conventions
        7.3.1 Case Sensitivity
        7.3.2 Identifiers
        7.3.3 Tokens, Whitespace, and Comments
8 Expression Language
   8.1 Overview of the Expression Language
   8.2 Basic Concepts
        8.2.1 Variables and Regions
        8.2.2 True and False
        8.2.3 External Representations
        8.2.4 Disjointness of Types
   8.3 Expressions
        8.3.1 Primitive Expression Types
        8.3.2 Derived Expression Types
   8.4 Definitions
   8.5 Standard Procedures
        8.5.1 Booleans
        8.5.2 Equivalence
        8.5.3 Pairs and Lists
        8.5.4 Symbols
        8.5.5 Keywords
        8.5.6 Named Constants
        8.5.7 Quantities and Numbers
        8.5.8 Characters
        8.5.9 Strings
        8.5.10 Procedures
        8.5.11 Date and Time
        8.5.12 Error Signaling
   8.6 Core Expression Language
        8.6.1 Syntax
        8.6.2 Procedures
9 Groves
   9.1 Nodal Properties
   9.2 Grove Plans
   9.3 Property Set Definition
        9.3.1 Common Attributes
        9.3.2 Modules
        9.3.3 Data Type Definition
        9.3.4 Class Definition
        9.3.5 Property Definition
        9.3.6 Normalization Rule Definition
   9.4 Intrinsic Properties
   9.5 Auxiliary Groves
   9.6 SGML Property Set
   9.7 DSSSL SGML Grove Plan
10 Standard Document Query Language
   10.1 Primitive Procedures
        10.1.1 Application Binding
        10.1.2 Node Lists
        10.1.3 Named Node Lists
        10.1.4 Error Reporting
        10.1.5 Application Name Transformation
        10.1.6 Property Values
        10.1.7 SGML Grove Construction
   10.2 Derived Procedures
        10.2.1 HyTime Support
        10.2.2 List Operations
        10.2.3 Generic Property Operations
        10.2.4 Core Query Language
        10.2.5 SGML Property Operations
   10.3 Auxiliary Parsing
        10.3.1 Word Searching
        10.3.2 Node Regular Expressions
        10.3.3 Regexp Constructors
        10.3.4 Regular Expression Searching Procedures
11 Transformation Language
   11.1 Features
   11.2 Associations
   11.3 Transform-expression
        11.3.1 Subgrove-spec
        11.3.2 Create-spec
        11.3.3 Result-node-list
        11.3.4 Transform-grove-spec
        11.3.5 SGML Prolog Parsing
   11.4 SGML Document Generator
        11.4.1 Verification Mapping
        11.4.2 Transliteration
12 Style Language
   12.1 Features
   12.2 Flow Object Tree
   12.3 Areas
        12.3.1 Display Areas
        12.3.2 Inline Areas
        12.3.3 Inlined and Displayed Flow Objects
        12.3.4 Attachment Areas
   12.4 Flow Object Tree Construction
        12.4.1 Construction Rules
        12.4.2 Primary Flow Object
        12.4.3 Sosofos
        12.4.4 Multi-process Feature
        12.4.5 Styles
        12.4.6 Characteristic Specification
        12.4.7 Synchronization of Flow Objects
   12.5 Common Data Types and Procedures
        12.5.1 Layout-driven Generated Text
        12.5.2 Length Specification
        12.5.3 Decoration Areas
        12.5.4 Spaces
        12.5.5 Glyph Identifiers
        12.5.6 Glyph Substitution Tables
        12.5.7 Font Information
        12.5.8 Addresses
        12.5.9 Color
   12.6 Flow Object Classes
        12.6.1 Sequence Flow Object Class
        12.6.2 Display-group Flow Object
        12.6.3 Simple-page-sequence Flow Object Class
        12.6.4 Page-sequence Flow Object Class
        12.6.5 Column-set-sequence Flow Object Class
        12.6.6 Paragraph Flow Object Class
        12.6.7 Paragraph-break Flow Object Class
        12.6.8 Line-field Flow Object Class
        12.6.9 Sideline Flow Object Class
        12.6.10 Anchor Flow Object Class
        12.6.11 Character Flow Object Class
        12.6.12 Leader Flow Object Class
        12.6.13 Embedded-text Flow Object Class
        12.6.14 Rule Flow Object Class
        12.6.15 External-graphic Flow Object Class
        12.6.16 Included-container-area Flow Object Class
        12.6.17 Score Flow Object Class
        12.6.18 Box Flow Object Class
        12.6.19 Side-by-side Flow Object Class
        12.6.20 Side-by-side-item Flow Object Class
        12.6.21 Glyph-annotation Flow Object Class
        12.6.22 Alignment-point Flow Object Class
        12.6.23 Aligned-column Flow Object Class
        12.6.24 Multi-line-inline-note Flow Object Class
        12.6.25 Emphasizing-Mark Flow Object Class
        12.6.26 Flow Object Classes for Mathematical Formulae
        12.6.27 Flow Object Classes for Tables
        12.6.28 Flow Object Classes for Online Display
Annex A: Further Information

Specifies the processing of valid SGML documents. Intends to be used in a wide variety of SGML application environments, including both electronic publishing and conventional printing.