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Conference vaxuum::document_ft

Title:	DOCUMENT T1.0
Notice:	New notesfile (DOCUMENT.NOTE) now available (see note 897)
Moderator:	CLOSET::ADLER

Created:	Mon Feb 09 1987
Last Modified:	Thu Oct 31 1991
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	897
Total number of notes:	4397

520.0. "Anyone know the IBM GML language?" by COOKIE::JOHNSTON () Wed Jun 17 1987 16:27

Is anyone out there familiar with the IBM markup language GML (generalized
markup language, I think) ?  Or do you know someone who is familiar with GML?

An engineer is phasing into being the editor for SQL ANSI/ISO standard. 
This position was formerly held by an IBM person who coded the sources
with GML.  We would now like to convert it to SDML.

I'm assuming that there's no such thing as a GML to SDML converter; so
now I'm looking for documentation that explains the GML syntax, which 
uses many abbreviations some of which are intuitive and some of which are not.



Thanx

Rose

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
520.1	A was once a SCRIPTer myself	CLOSET::ANKLAM		`Thu Jun 18 1987 11:34`	6
	The only copy I have is 7 years old; if you can't find one elsewhere let me know and I'll send you some copies of the reference summary. patti
520.2	I was conSCRIPTed once...	EDEN::DEVLIN	NY Football Giants = Champs	`Thu Jun 18 1987 11:46`	2
	I was an IBM DCF/GML Script user for a while at my last job. I don't know if I kept any documentation - I'll check.
520.3	Late Spring Cleaning	PANAMA::GILLIAM		`Thu Jun 18 1987 17:10`	2
	Another former IBM GML user. I may have some old documentation...
520.4	Your responses are gratifying...	COOKIE::JOHNSTON		`Fri Jun 19 1987 11:47`	12
	The response to .0 has sbeen much better than I'd hoped for; very gratifying! (I'd was holding my breath that there would be even one person who knew about GML!) Other notes readers are welcome to reply here or to send mail to Jim Melton at COOKIE::MELTON. Jim is DEC's DSRI architect and the person taking over editorship of the ANSI/ISO SQL standard; he's also the person who's actually converting the document from GML to SDML. Thanx much! Rose
520.5	ANSI and ISO style doc types	CLOSET::KAIKOW		`Sat Jun 20 1987 18:33`	17
	I am in DEC's Corporate Standrds group. For some time, I've been working with Patti's group to develop ANSI and ISO style specific doc types for standards. In fact, I am typsetting a standard for ANSI. When the doc types are ready, they will be made available to DEC's standards reps (and others). However, these doc types conform to externally specified style manuals, not to any particular need within DEC. All such doc types are planned to be based on the REPORT doc type. I have recommended to Jim Melton that he start working with the REPORT doc type until the ANSI and/or ISO doc types are ready. Interested parties can keep track of progress in this area by monitoring the CORPORATE_STANDARDS conference. Use KP 7 to get the entry.