When HTML is Good Enough

• When information has no longevity.
• When you don't need intelligent data.
• When information doesn't need reuse.
• When information is only going to the Web
  • No multiple outputs
• Quick conversions for Internet WWW presentations from existing formats with no reauthoring..

When HTML isn't Good Enough

• Information has longevity.
• Information will be reused.
• Information must go to multiple formats.
• Need for Intelligent data.
  • Granularity of data.
• Existing SGML Repository

Serving SGML - Intranet

• Internal Documentation
  • Administrative Manuals
  • Management Documents
  • Users Manuals
  • etc.

Serving SGML - Intranet

• Document Editing
• Approval Cycles
  • On-line Editing and Reviewing documents
  • Immediate Feedback

SGML Implementation - Internet

• Updates and revisions to existing SGML documents.
  • CD-ROMs
  • Published paper
• Users need additional information.
  • IETM's
• You should know your audience

How to get SGML onto the WWW

• Author your documents at the highest intelligence level!!! SGML

Documents authored to their highest level can be down-converted. Documents authored to the lowest common-denominator cannot be made intelligent without reauthoring.

Portability of HTML/SGML

HTML has no inherent intelligence built in. HTML in its current form, although useful, has limited functionality. When you information is authored specifically to your information it will maintain its functionality.

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