A real world conversion to SGML

In 1994, our Publications DNision~ at SAS Institute began converting our in-house publishing system. The conversion involved evaluating, selecting, and implementing anew publishing system that would take advantage of the SGML paradigm for content markup. Components of the system include an SGMLbased editor, routines for one-time conversions of legacy text to SGML, filters for dynamic conversions of SGML text and of graphics to various output formats, a document management system, and customizations that tailor third-panty components to fit our environment. Along with new tools, we had to implement new processeswe desigped as we analyzed our documents and workflow for the new system. This paper explores our experiences from the time we began deciding to implement a new publishing system to now, when we have successftily implemented a significant portion of the new SGML-based system with working tools and prototypedl prccesses.