• BS 6868:1987

    Withdrawn A Withdrawn Standard is one, which is removed from sale, and its unique number can no longer be used. The Standard can be withdrawn and not replaced, or it can be withdrawn and replaced by a Standard with a different number.

    Specification for standard generalized markup language (SGML) for text and office systems

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Withdrawn date:  25-04-2012

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  30-09-1987

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    National foreword
    Committees responsible
    Specification
    0 Introduction
    1 Scope
    2 Field of application
    3 References
    4 Definitions
    5 Notation
    6 Entity structure
    7 Element structure
    8 Processing instruction
    9 Common constructs
    10 Markup declarations: General
    11 Markup declarations: Document type definition
    12 Markup declarations: Link process definition
    13 SGML declaration
    14 Reference and core concrete syntaxes
    15 Conformance
    Annexes
    A Introduction to generalized markup
    B Basic concepts
    C Additional concepts
    D Public text
    E Application examples
    F Implementation considerations
    G Conformance classification and certification
    H Theoretical basis for the SGML content model
    I Nonconforming variations
    National appendix
    A Additional information for the UK
    Figure
    1 Character classes: Abstract syntax
    2 Character classes: Concrete syntax
    3 Reference delimiter set: General
    4 Reference delimiter set: Short references
    5 Reference capacity set
    6 Reference quantity set
    7 Reference concrete syntax
    8 Typical SGML declaration for basic SGML document
    9 Element markup
    10 Start-tag with two attributes
    11 Multicode basic concrete syntax
    12 Graphics metafile attributes (1 of 2): Encoding and
        view
    13 Graphics metafile attributes (2 of 2): Size and
        rotation
    14 Function characters for device-independent multicode
        concrete syntaxes
    15 FSV conformance classification

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    Describes the structure, format and other attributes of documents, including images and graphics, so that texts can be subsequently processed, for example published, without loss of identity or descriptive mark-up.

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    Committee ICT/1
    Development Note Also numbered as EN 28879 and ISO 8879 Supersedes 86/67164 DC (09/2005)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Withdrawn

    Standards Referenced By This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    BS 8419-1:2005 Interoperability between metadata systems used for learning, education and training Code of practice for the development of application profiles
    BS 7138:1989 Guide to SGML Document Interchange Format (SDIF)
    BS 5261-1:2000 Copy preparation and proof correction Design and layout of documents
    BS 7402:1991 Guide to specifying electronic typographic markup (SETM)
    BS DD247(1998) : 1998 DOCUMENTATION - VOCABULARY

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    ISO 9069:1988 Information processing SGML support facilities SGML Document Interchange Format (SDIF)
    BS DD107-2(1986) : 1986 COMPUTER GRAPHICS : METAFILE FOR THE STORAGE AND TRANSFER OF PICTURE DESCRIPTION INFORMATION - CHARACTER ENCODING (ISO/DIS 8632/2)
    ISO/IEC 2022:1994 Information technology Character code structure and extension techniques
    BS 6692-1:1986 Coded character sets for text communication General introduction
    BS 3862:1965 Recommendations for symbols for languages, geographical areas and authorities
    ISO/IEC 8825:1990 Information technology — Open Systems Interconnection — Specification of Basic Encoding Rules for Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1)
    ISO/IEC 9070:1991 Information technology SGML support facilities Registration procedures for public text owner identifiers
    BS DD107-4(1986) : 1986 COMPUTER GRAPHICS : METAFILE FOR THE STORAGE AND TRANSFER OF PICTURE DESCRIPTION INFORMATION - CLEAR TEXT ENCODING (ISO/DIS 8632/4)
    BS 5374:1981 Specification for codes for the representation of names of countries
    BS 6692-2:1986 Coded character sets for text communication Specification for Latin alphabetic and non-alphabetic graphic characters
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