The Document Standards War is Over: HTML Won?  C11: Interop
Vegas 4/3/96 David Strom +1 516 944 3407   1. Two things I still
can't do  Transfer phone calls ("hook flash") Attach documents
via email  2. 92 billion documents every year  And each one of
them uses a different format!  Sometimes it seems as if there
are as many different word processor versions, even from the
same vendor!  3. My background  Have used 15 different word
processors during my computing career Have written hundreds of
technical magazine articles, but ...  Can't do footnotes or
anything fancy Write my own HTML for my web site using WordPad
Can program my VCR and do an occasional mail-merge  4. Agenda
Who needs doc format standards, anyway? Document markup tutorial
A brief review of SGML HTML history and features HTML futures
Resources for further study  5. Standards? We don't need no
stinkin' standards!  6. Purpose of document formats Communicate,
emphasize, organize Carry pictorial information Preserve
typographic design Share informa