> There are a number of ways people go about packing up the entities
> referred to from an SGML document; unlike the Warwick Framework DTD,
> they do address the problem of shipment over the net.
I just want to point out that there's an IETF working group charged
with coming up with a way to send SGML over a MIME stream.
There are two proposals. The Mimiest (is that a word?) seems to
involve modifying all MIME software, to add the multipart-related concept.
The less general approach involves a modification to the SGML OPEN TR for
CATALOG interchange. Hmm, that's too much jargon for one paragraph.
If you want to know more, you can look at the IETF archives or feel free
to mail me. Neither proposal is implemented yet I think, although
James Clark is trying to do both, as is EBT.
In the meantime, the problem of packing the Warwick Framework
sort of SGML over a MIME stream is much simpler, thankfully, and I
don't see it as a problem.
Also, if the HTML <LINK> element is used to point to extrnal data,
existing unmodified HTML and HTTP software can do the transfer.
Lee
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