The SGML Implementation Guide - TOC

[Preliminary] Table of Contents

Chapter 1. The Evolution of Markup Systems
    Section 1. Introduction
    Section 2. The Roots of Markup
    Section 3. Procedural or Specific Markup
    Section 4. The Roots of SGML Markup
    Section 5. Brief Description of SGML Markup
    Section 6. Publishing System Workflow
    Section 7. Summary

Chapter 2.  Publishing Systems Business Issues
    Section 1. The Business Reasons for Using SGML
    Section 2. The Power of SGML Databases
    Section 3. Desktop Publishing and Professional Publishing 
    Section 4. SGML In the Mainstream
    Section 5. Summary

Chapter 3. The SGML Environment
    Section 1. Introduction
    Section 2. Versions of SGML
    Section 3. The SGML Document Model
    Section 4. The SGML Environment
    Section 5. SGML Parser
    Section 6. Translator
    Section 7. SGML Editorial Workstation
    Section 8. SGML Browser
    Section 9. Composition
    Section 10. Work Flow Managers
    Section 11. Database Repositories
    Section 12. DTD Development Tools
    Section 13. Related Standards

Chapter 4. Document Analysis
    Section 1. Documents and Document Models
    Section 2. The Team
    Section 3. The Methodology
    Section 4. The Document Model
    Section 5. Common Elements
    Section 6. Document Analysis Exercise

Chapter 5. Understanding SGML
    Section 1. Introduction
    Section 2. The SGML Document Model
    Section 3. Declarations
    Section 4. The SGML Declaration
    Section 5. The Document Type Definition
    Section 6. The Element Declaration
    Section 7. The Attribute Definition List Declaration
    Section 8. The Entity Declaration
    Section 9. Empty Elements
    Section 10. The Comment Declaration
    Section 11. The Document Type Declaration
    Section 12. Minimization Features
    Section 13. Processing Instructions
    Section 14. Marked Sections
    Section 15. Notations

Chapter 6. Building the DTD
    Section 1. Writing The DTD
    Section 2. Organizing a DTD
    Section 3. Specific vs. General DTDs
    Section 4. Test Your DTD Against Reality
    Section 5. DTD Documentation
    Section 6. Common Elements
    Section 7. Pitfalls and Practices

Chapter 7. Implementation Planning
    Section 1. Introduction
    Section 2. Requirements, Evaluation, and System Selection
    Section 3. Using SGML to Restructure Information
    Section 4. The Implementation Plan
    Section 5. The Project Plan
    Section 6. Implementation Resources

Chapter 8. Information Conversion
    Section 1. (!!!ADD BRIAN TECHNICAL STUFF ON CONVERSION
    Section 2. (!!!NEED INFORMATION ON TABULAR CONVERSIONS?
    Section 3. Introduction
    Section 4. Types of Conversions
    Section 5. Existing Conversions that May be High-cost Areas
    Section 6. Types of SGML Conversions
    Section 7. Approaches to Conversion
    Section 8. Data Conversion Planning and Implementation
    
Chapter 9. The Application
    Section 1. Introduction
    Section 2. The Team
    Section 3. The Process
    Section 4. The Application
    Section 5. Vendor-Supplied Applications
    Section 6. Application Development
    
Chapter 10. SGML and Databases
    Section 1. Introduction
    Section 2. Database Managers
    Section 3. Implementation Issues
    
Chapter 11. Entity Management
    Section 1. Modular DTDs
    Section 2. System/Application Modules
    Section 3. Information Objects
    Section 4. System Identifier Management
    Section 5. Public Identifier Management

Chapter 12.  Workflow
    Section 1. Introduction
    Section 2. Workflow Analysis & Reengineering
    Section 3. Example
    Section 4. Workflow Management
    Section 5. Task Database
    
Chapter 13. Case Studies
    Section 1. Case Study: RIA TIGRE System
    
Chapter 14: Considerations for the Future
    Section 1. Internet
    Section 2. OODBMS
    Section 3. New delivery tools
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Brian E. Travis                                 btravis@sgml.com
President, Information Architects, Inc.       Tele: 303 766-1336
Managing Editor, <TAG> The SGML Newsletter     Fax: 303 680-4906