From: DRMACRO@RALVM13.VNET.IBM.COM ("Dr. "Eliot Kimber" Macro")
Newsgroups: comp.text.sgml
Subject: Announcement of IBM SGML Translator 1.3
Date: 1 Oct 92 15:45:41 GMT

Here is the announcment:


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NUMBER     292-508
DATE       920915
CATEGORY   AS80, AS70, GI00
TYPE       Programming
TITLE      IBM STANDARD GENERALIZED MARKUP LANGUAGE TRANSLATOR RELEASE 3
ABSTRACT          IBM Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) Translator
           Release 3 can process SGML documents that conform to the
           International Standards Organization (ISO) 8879 standard using
           processing routines which can be written by the customer.  SGML
           Translator also contains an ISO 8879 compliant parser, including an
           SGML declaration file, that allows the user to identify all of the
           SGML elements in a document.  The ability to identify the individual
           document elements, and the ability to create custom processing
           routines to operate on those elements, provides the SGML user with a
           data processing tool that can be used to meet their specific data
           management requirements.
                  Planned Availability Date:  October 30, 1992.
PRODNO       5684-025
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IMKTG      MARKETING INFORMATION
           MARKETING CHANNELS
           o   IBM US -- Direct
           MARKETING STRATEGY
                  The SGML Translator should be marketed to all customers with a
           requirement to produce documentation that requires the use of SGML.
           DEMONSTRATIONS:  There will be no live product demonstrations or live
           solution/integrated demonstrations by announcement, but will be
           available by general availability.
                  For additional demo information, see the NSC DEMOSPRES
           database which is available on HONE.
           PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL:  No promotional material will be provided.
           HONE INFORMATION
                  Proposal material will be available through HONE on
           September 15, 1992.
                  The configuration aid, CFPROGS, has been updated to support
           this licensed program and is available to customers eligible to use
           IBMLink (TM).  The fastpath name is CFPROGS.
            (TM) Trademark of International Business Machines Corporation.
ITECHINF   INSTALLATION INFORMATION
           INSTALLATION SUPPORT
                  Installation and technical support is provided by the
           Publishing Support Center in Boulder, Colorado, via HONE ASKQ.
           FIELD SUPPORT:  Branch personnel should contact their branch and area
           specialist for technical marketing assistance.  Systems engineers are
           provided installation and technical support through HONE ASKQ.
           Questions should be researched in ASKQ using the search word "SGML",
           with the branch specialist, and in publications before submitting an
           ASKQ question.
           EARLY SUPPORT PROGRAM:  No.
IADMIN     ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
           ORDERING INFORMATION
                  The HONE configuration aid, CFPROGS, should always be used to
           determine ordering information.  Always use the HONE aid SYSLINK to
           transmit the ordering information from HONE to AAS.
                  Orders will be accepted on day of announcement.
           NOTE: Orders configured through the HONE configurator aid, CFPROGS,
           prior to the general availability of the new release, will be
           configured at the current release level.  At general availability
           orders will be configured at the new release level.
           PROGRAMMING RPQS
                  Requests for PRPQs will not be accepted.
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OVERVIEW   HIGHLIGHTS
           o   Documentation applications using SGML can be interfaced directly
               to databases at application specific levels of detail, enabling
               the creation of an enterprise-wide SGML data management system
               using customer written routines.
           o   Reduces the cost of SGML data management and processing through
               the use of custom processing routines.
           o   Protects investment in existing printers, such as AFP (TM), by
               providing a translation capability to existing text processing
               applications such as DCF.
           o   Provides a way to increase user productivity by the automation of
               routine tasks.
           o   Provides the ability to create an unlimited number of new SGML
               applications via user-defined processing routines.
           o   Enables SGML documents to be translated into BookMaster (R)
               format for printing or for building BookManager (R) softcopy
               books using customer written routines.
           o   Double-byte data tagged with single-byte SGML tags as defined in
               ISO 8879 can be processed.
            (TM) Trademark of International Business Machines Corporation.
            (R) Registered trademark of International Business Machines
              Corporation.
           DESCRIPTION
           BUSINESS SOLUTIONS
           IBM SGML Translator Release 3 provides a way to reduce the cost of
           data management through the use of custom processing routines which
           can perform user defined operations on SGML data elements, which SGML
           Translator recognizes.  For instance, a processing routine can be
           written to take text tagged with an element and place it in a
           database.  Another processing routine can be written to extract the
           same element from the database and merge it into any document which
           contains a reference to the element.
                  This capability simplifies the problem of maintaining and
           updating data which is re-used in multiple documents, or which is
           periodically updated.  This allows the user to save an element only
           once, and use it in multiple documents.  When the element is updated,
           the updated version will automatically appear in all subsequently
           processed documents that reference the element.
           INVESTMENT PROTECTION
           SGML is an emerging industry standard that is supported by many
           vendors.  Customers who choose to put their data in SGML format are
           assured that their data is protected from obsolescence.  Customers
           converting to SGML may find that their existing hardware and software
           can not handle SGML natively.
                  The SGML Translator  provides a way for the customer to
           translate SGML data into other formats so that it can be used with
           their existing hardware and software.  For instance, processing
           routines can be written to translate SGML data into GML for
           processing with DCF so that it can be formatted and printed with
           existing AFP printers via DCF.
           END USER PRODUCTIVITY
           Unless an enterprise has a way to maintain data at a current level
           and automatically update all documents that contain that data,
           authors can spend a significant portion of their time
           cross-referencing and updating documents to the latest level.  The
           SGML Translator, when used as part of an SGML data management system,
           provides a tool that can be used to help perform this function
           automatically, thereby freeing up the author to do more productive
           work.
           GROWTH ENABLEMENT
           The number and complexity of applications that can be performed with
           SGML Translator processing routines is unlimited.  This flexibility
           insures that the customer will be able to create new applications to
           address requirements as they arise.
           OPEN ENTERPRISE
           IBM SGML Translator Release 3 can process documents that conform to
           the ISO 8879 standard.
           PRODUCT POSITIONING
           IBM SGML Translator Release 3 can be used to translate ISO 8879
           conforming SGML documents for formatting and printing with DCF or for
           production of softcopy books via IBM's BookManager BUILD.  It is a
           useful tool for any SGML user who wishes to perform data processing
           routines on the SGML file or SGML file elements.
                  IBM SGML Translator Release 3 can be used to address the
           emerging industry standard applications such as the Computer-Aided
           Acquisition Logistics Support (CALS) and Air Transport Association
           (ATA) SGML initiatives.
CUSTINFO   EDUCATION SUPPORT
                  Education for IBM SGML Translator Release 3 will be available
           by October 30, 1992.  Details will be announced in a separate
           Education announcement prior to October 30, 1992.
TECHINFO   TECHNICAL INFORMATION
           SPECIFIED OPERATING ENVIRONMENT
                  This product uses only existing attachment interfaces.
           MACHINE REQUIREMENTS:  IBM SGML Translator Release 3 executes on any
           IBM ES/9000 (TM) 3090 (TM), 308X, 43XX, or 937x processor.
                  VM requires a 3MB minimum virtual machine.  MVS requires 750KB
           region size minimum.
                  DASD requirements:
           o   3330 DASD = 58 cylinders
           o   3350 DASD = 25 cylinders
           o   3380 DASD = 20 cylinders
           o   3390 DASD = 17 cylinders
           o   512-byte blocks = 22,350 blocks
            (TM) Trademark of International Business Machines Corporation.
           PROGRAMMING REQUIREMENTS:  IBM SGML Translator Release 3 will execute
           on the following separately available VM Operating System licensed
           programs.
           o   Virtual Machine/System Product (VM/SP) 5664-167 Release 6.
           o   Virtual Machine/Extended Architecture (TM) System Product (VM/XA
               (TM) SP) 5664-308 Release 2.1.
           o   Virtual Machine/Enterprise System Architecture (TM) (VM/ESA (TM))
               5684-112 Version 1 Release 1.0 370 Feature.
           o   VM/ESA 5684-112 Version 1 Release 1.0 ESA Feature.
           o   VM/ESA 5684-112 Version 1 Release 1.1.
           o   VM/ESA 5684-112 Version 1 Release 2.0.
           NOTE: Support for VM/SP HPO Release 5, which is supported by
           Translator Release 2 is not supported for Release 3 because Release 3
           requires the IBM C/370 Library Version 2.1 or higher which does not
           run on VM/SP HPO Release 5.
                  IBM SGML Translator Release 3 will operate in any of the
           following Conversational Monitor System (CMS) environments:
           o   Virtual Machine/System Product (VM/SP) in S/370 virtual machines.
           o   VM/XA SP in S/370 virtual machines and in XA exploitation mode in
               XA virtual machines.
           o   VM/ESA 1.0 ESA Feature in S/370 virtual machines and in XA
               exploitation mode in XA virtual machines.
           o   VM/ESA 1.1 in S/370 virtual machines, in XA exploitation mode in
               XA virtual machines and in XA exploitation mode in XC virtual
               machines.
                  IBM SGML Translator Release 3 will not support combinations of
           levels of the VM Control Program (CP) and CMS from different releases
           of VM.
                  IBM SGML Translator Release 3 will execute on the following
           separately available MVS Operating System licensed programs.
           o   MVS/SP (TM) Version 2 Release 2 (5740-XC6 or 5665-291).
           o   MVS/SP Version 3 Release 1 (5685-001 or 5685-002).
           o   MVS/ESA (TM) SP Version 4 Release 2 (5695-047 or 5695-048).
                  IBM SGML Translator Release 3 also requires the IBM C/370
           Library Version 2.1 or higher (5688-188).  The IBM C/370 compiler is
           required only for writing customized processing routines written in
           C.  It is not required to support the standard applications.  When
           operating in the MVS environment, TSO/E Version 2 (5685-025) is also
           required.
            (TM) Trademark of International Business Machines Corporation.
           COMPATIBILITY:  IBM SGML Translator Release 3 has a Release 2
           compatibility mode, so all Release 2 applications can be used.  Some
           Release 2 applications may need to be recompiled to operate in the
           compatibility mode.
           PLANNING INFORMATION
           PACKAGING:  IBM SGML Translator Release 3 is shipped on either two VM
           tapes installable through standard IBM VM installation procedures or
           three MVS tapes installable using SMP/E.  (The MVS tapes require
           SMP/E 5.1).
                  A memo to licensees, program directory and a hardcopy set of
           publications are shipped with the basic machine-readable material.
           Online documentation and BookMaster source files of the publications
           are also included.
           SECURITY, AUDITABILITY AND CONTROL
                  The announced program uses the security and auditability
           features of the host hardware or software.
                  User management is responsible for evaluation, selection, and
           implementation of security features, administrative procedures, and
           appropriate controls in application systems and communication
           facilities.
ORDERING   ORDERING INFORMATION
           CURRENT LICENSEES
           Current licensees of IBM SGML Translator Release 2 will be sent a
           program reorder form which may be returned directly to IBM Software
           Manufacturing and Delivery.  The mailing of these reorder forms is
           scheduled to be completed by November 6, 1992.  Reorder forms
           returned to IBM Software Manufacturing and Delivery will be processed
           within 10 work days of receipt.
           NEW LICENSEES
           Orders entered with a scheduled shipment date prior to the planned
           availability date will be shipped IBM SGML Translator DCF Edition
           Release 2.  Orders entered with a scheduled shipment date after
           planned availability will be shipped IBM SGML Translator Release 3.
           Unless a later date is specified, an order is scheduled for the week
           following order entry.
                  New users of IBM SGML Translator Release 3 should specify:
                    TYPE           MODEL
                    5684           025
           BASIC LICENSE:  To order a basic license, specify the program number
           and feature number 9001 for asset registration.  Specify feature
           number 4511 for a monthly license charge or feature number 4510 for a
           one-time charge.  Specify the feature number of the desired
           distribution medium.
           BASIC MACHINE-READABLE MATERIAL:  To order, select the feature number
           of the desired distribution medium.
           ENVIRONMENT      FEATURE NUMBER        DISTRIBUTION MEDIUM
           VM Basic              5870             9/1600 tape
                                 5871             9/6250 tape
                                 5872             3480 tape cartridge
           MVS Basic             5860             9/1600 tape
                                 5861             9/6250 tape
                                 5862             3480 tape cartridge
           CUSTOMIZATION OPTION:  Select the appropriate feature number(s) to
           customize your order to specify the delivery options desired.  These
           features can be specified on the initial or MES orders.
                  Example:  If publications are not desired for the initial
           order, and for future updates, specify feature numbers 3470 to ship
           media only, and 3480 to ship media updates only.  In the future if
           publication updates were required, order an MES to remove feature
           number 3480, and the publications will ship with the next release for
           the program.
           INITIAL SHIPMENTS
           FEATURE              DESCRIPTION
           3444                 Serial Number Only (suppresses
                                shipment of media and documentation)
           3470                 Ship Media Only (suppresses initial
                                shipment of documentation)
           3471                 Ship Documentation Only (suppresses
                                initial shipment of media)
           UPDATE SHIPMENTS
           FEATURE              DESCRIPTION
           3480                 Ship Media Updates Only (suppresses
                                update shipment of documentation)
           3481                 Ship Documentation Only (suppresses
                                update shipment of media)
           3482                 Suppress Updates (suppresses update
                                shipment of media and documentation)
           DSLO LICENSE:  To order a DSLO license, specify the program number
           and feature number 9511 for a monthly license charge or feature
           number 9510 for a one-time charge.
                  Ordering a DSLO feature will result in IBM maintaining a
           record of this customer location as a DSLO user only.  All material
           for the DSLO license must be ordered by the basic licensee.  If a
           user selects DSLO, no other feature numbers are valid for this order
           and no program materials or updates will be shipped.
           UNLICENSED DOCUMENTATION:  A memo to licensees, program directory and
           one copy of the following publications are supplied automatically
           with the basic machine-readable material.
           o   Licensed Programming Specifications (GC34-5070)
           o   General Information (GC34-5071)
           o   Programming Guide and Reference (SC34-5072)
           o   Validating and Translating an SGML Document (SC34-5074)
           o   Creating a Document Type Definition (SC34-5075)
           o   Creating an SGML Document for DCF Processing (SC34-5076)
                  Additional copies of unlicensed publications will be available
           for a fee after product availability.  These copies may be ordered
           from your IBM marketing representative, through the System Library
           Subscription Service (SLSS), or by direct order.
           DISPLAYABLE SOFTCOPY PUBLICATIONS
           IBM SGML Translator Release 3 publications are offered in displayable
           softcopy form.  All unlicensed manuals are included.  The displayable
           manuals are part of the basic machine-readable material.  The files
           are shipped on the same media type as the basic machine-readable
           material.
                  The displayable manuals are also available on CD-ROM.  To
           order the displayable manuals on CD-ROM specify no-charge feature
           number 7521.  Additional copies of the CD-ROM (SK2T-6806) will be
           available for a fee.
                  These displayable manuals can be used with the BookManager
           READ licensed programs in any of the supported environments.  Terms
           and Conditions for use of the machine-readable files are shipped with
           the files.
                  Subsequent updates (technical newsletters or revisions between
           releases) to the publications shipped with the product will be
           distributed to the user of record for as long as a license for this
           software remains in effect.  A separate publication order or
           subscription is not needed.
           SOURCE FILE PUBLICATIONS
           IBM SGML Translator Release 3 manuals are offered in source file
           form.  All unlicensed manuals are included.  The source files are
           shipped on the same media type as the basic machine-readable
           material.
                  These files can be used with the BookMaster Release 4 and DCF
           Release 4 licensed programs to create unmodified print copies of the
           manuals.  The source files can also be used with the BookManager
           BUILD licensed program to create unmodified displayable softcopy
           manuals.  Terms and conditions for use of the machine-readable files
           are shipped with the files.
                  Subsequent updates (technical newsletters or revisions between
           releases) to the publications shipped with the product will be
           distributed to the user of record for as long as a license for this
           software remains in effect.  A separate publication order or
           subscription is not needed.
           TERMS AND CONDITIONS
           LICENSING:  The program in this announcement is licensed under the
           terms of the IBM Customer Agreement.
           VARIABLE CHARGES APPLY:  No.
           INSTALLATION LICENSE OR LOCATION LICENSE APPLIES:  No.  A separate
           license is required for each machine on which the licensed program
           materials will be used.
           EDUCATIONAL ALLOWANCE:  A 15% educational allowance is applicable
           toward eligible license charges and is available to qualifying
           institutions in accordance with the Educational Allowance Attachment.
                  The educational allowance may not be added to any other
           discount or allowance.
           VOLUME DISCOUNT:  Not applicable.
           WARRANTED:  Yes.
           LICENSED PROGRAM MATERIALS AVAILABILITY:  Restricted Materials -- No.
           This licensed program will be available without source licensed
           program materials.  It will be available in object code.
           TESTING PERIOD:  Basic license -- Two months.  DSLO -- Not
           applicable.
           PROGRAM SERVICES:  Central Service, including a Support Center, will
           be available until discontinued by IBM upon six months' written
           notice.  The program in this announcement is supported by the
           Publishing Solutions Support Center.  Access to this Support Center
           will be provided through the IBM Support Center.
                  Central service, including the Publishing Solutions Support
           Center for DSLO licenses will be provided only through the customer
           location designated for the basic license.
           PROGRAM CURRENCY:  Program services previously announced for IBM SGML
           Translator DCF Edition Version 1 Release 2 (MVS version) will be
           available until April 30, 1993.
                  Program services previously announced for IBM SGML Translator
           DCF Edition (VM version) remain in effect.
           CHARGES
           PROGRAM       ONE-TIME CHARGE       MONTHLY LICENSE CHARGE
           NUMBER        BASIC    DSLO         BASIC             DSLO
           5684-025      $22,700  $17,030      $870              $652
           ONE-TIME CHARGE:  Customers who pay a one-time charge for a licensed
           program receive enhancements and future releases, if any, at no
           additional charge.  Significant new function may be offered as an
           optional feature and charged for separately.  If a replacement
           program is announced and the customer elects to license the
           replacement program for a one-time charge and replace the prior
           program, an upgrade charge may apply.

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