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European Standards - Harmonisation and Structure

Objective

The project will develop a Document Type Definition (DTD) for use in publishing standards data in bibliographic and/or full text form. It will use Standard Generalized Markup Language and be based on the existing DTD already published by ISO, enhanced by the ability to mix text, mathematical formulae, tables, graphics, images, etc. The development, using a test file of EN standards in the construction field, will require the cooperation of ISO and all National Standards Bodies concerned. The resulting definition will enable data to be exchanged between different producers and distributors as well as facilitating the economic production of a range of information products from the same source. It will also prepare the way towards a future integrated standards database management system.
In order to permit easy dissemination of European standards, and also to open new possibilities for their use, a standard generalized markup language (SGML) document type definition (DTD) has been developed for the publication of all future European standards in an agreed format. A full study of standards production methods was carried out, a standards data content model was produced and the SGML DTD for standards publication was based on the content model.

A working prototype relational database has also been produced which demonstrates storage and use of standards data for purposes other than just publishing.
A prototype was made available on 11/11/92

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Association Française de Normalisation
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92080 Paris la Défense
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