We use NSGMLS at UC Berkeley and find it fast and easy to use. You can download a version from the Online Archive of California Toolkit page which is preconfigured to work with EAD. Just unzip the file, drag an icon out onto your desktop and drop your sgml file in to validate it. It works with both EAD version 1 and EAD beta as long as you have the correct DOCTYPE declaration at the top of your file. Although NSGMLS also validates XML, our version is configured to support SGML only. You can download it at: http://sunsite2.berkeley.edu/oac/toolkit Alvin Pollock Lead Programmer Online Archive of California http://sunsite2.berkeley.edu/oac [log in to unmask] >At 07:23 AM 1/21/1999 PST, you wrote: >>Dear EADtypes: >> >> Can anyone recommend an SGML parser that they've found is fairly user >>friendly? I've been making use of the validating function within >>SoftQuad's Author/Editor, but would like to make use of a parser >>independent of this software suite. I've read about sgmls and SP, but >>am unsure as to just how friendly these freeware programs have proven? >> >> I've been experimenting with simply dropping ASCII EAD markup into >>SoftQuad's Author/Editor. A/E will validate, but Panorama Pro does not >>seem to want to display the document instance without enumerating a >>series of "undefined" errors. Also, has anybody had any luck with XML >>parsers? >> >> Finally, does anybody know how to search the archived messages of the >>EAD listserv? Thanks in advance! >> >> >>Sincerely, Derrick Clements >>EAD Implementation Project >>York University Archives and Special Collections >>Toronto, Ontario >> >>______________________________________________________ >>Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com >> >> >Daniel V. Pitti Project Director >Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities >Alderman Library University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 >Phone: 804 924-6594 Fax: 804 982-2363 Email: [log in to unmask] > >