- From: David Woolley <david@djwhome.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 07:32:37 +0100 (BST)
- To: www-html@w3.org
> The original SGML specification is in front of my eyes right now and I suspect that you don't actually mean the SGML specification, but rather the DTD for one of the W3C languages. Not having paid for the real SGML specification, I don't know if it says much about intended uses, but my perception is that the typical intended use was for things like Electronic Data Interchange, where the detailed structure of a business document, like an invoice or bill of lading, would be marked up, or for documents to be placed into an indexing system, where it would be important to identify things like addresses. What I've seen as typical examples of roles, many of which actually represent primary structure, like navigation bars, are things that would need to marked by elements in the above sorts of SGML applications. It's actually things like strong/bold that wouldn't - in fact, in EDI, I doubt they would have any presence at all.
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