DSSSL

E48513

DSSSL (Document Style Semantics and Specification Language) is an ISO standard language used to define stylesheets and transformations for SGML documents, particularly in technical publishing.


Statements (44)
Predicate Object
instanceOf ISO standard
SGML-related standard
stylesheet language
abbreviationOf Document Style Semantics and Specification Language
appliesTo SGML documents
basedOn Scheme
designedFor large technical documentation sets
publishing industry
domain technical publishing
era pre-XML era
executionModel interpreted
fullName Document Style Semantics and Specification Language
hasComponent style language
transformation language
hasConcept grove (graph representation of SGML documents)
hasFeature declarative style specification
flow object formatting model
tree transformation
hasSection style specification part
transformation specification part
hasSyntax Scheme-like syntax
influenced XSL
XSLT
inputFormat SGML
outputFormat formatted documents
transformed SGML trees
primaryUsePeriod 1990s
publishedBy International Electrotechnical Commission
International Organization for Standardization
relatedStandard HyTime
SGML
standardNumber ISO/IEC 10179
standardType ISO/IEC international standard
status largely superseded
supersededBy XSL
XSLT
supports conditional processing
page layout specification
reusable style specifications
targetDomain structured documents
usedFor defining stylesheets
document transformation
formatting SGML documents
usesProgrammingParadigm functional programming

Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
DSSSL ("Document Style Semantics and Specification Language")
abbreviationOf
DSSSL ("Document Style Semantics and Specification Language")
fullName
SGML
influenced

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