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README.1ST: SGML FOR WRITERS AND EDITORS. Ronald C. Turner, Timothy A. Douglass, and Audrey J. Turner. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall PTR, 1996. 272 pages, including index. $45.00.
README.1ST: SGML for Writers and Editors is the first volume in the Charles F. Goldfarb Series on Open Information Management. Dr. Goldfarb, the inventor of Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) and HyTime, served on the committees that developed them into international standards.
During the past 5 years, the deliverables of technical writers have changed dramatically. Paper copies of manuals are becoming a thing of the past in many companies, as technology is driving the demand for CD-ROM and Internet access. It is very important that as communicators, we know how to reuse and become efficient with the documents that we write. We may be addressing DOS, Windows,...