The SGML FAQ Book: Understanding the Foundation of HTML and  XML is similar, but not quite the same kind of thing as an online  FAQ or `Frequently Asked Questions' list. It addresses questions from  people who already actually use SGML in some way (including HTML  authors), and people who are about to use it. It deals mainly with  issues that arise when using SGML in practice.   A very brief introduction to SGML is included as Appendix A.   The questions discussed in The SGML FAQ Book are repeatedly  heard by people who make their living serving the SGML community.    SGML experts spend many hours teaching these details, sometimes  repeatedly because some questions do not seem important --  until you run into them. So one benefit of this book is  learning more of the art of document creation and management, both by  general reading before questions arise and by specific reference when  a question arises. For the latter use, the appendices, glossary, and  index are particularly important.   A second benefit of this book is that it provides a common theme to  its answers that you can apply in your use of SGML, HTML and related  languages in general. The fundamental answer to many of the questions  boils down to `simplify': many questions do not show up if you use the  simple, elegant core of SGML without worrying about optional features.    The credo of this book is simply, `SGML doesn't need to be  complicated'. SGML has the potential for complexity at certain points.  But much of the complexity comes from optional parts and can be  avoided. SGML methodology and its primary benefits suffer no loss even  if you skip many features, which speaks well for the quality of SGML's  overall design. Many of the questions discussed involve those optional  parts, and therefore can be avoided by judicious designers and  authors.   The two key goals of the book are (1) to answer questions that you may  actually encounter as an SGML user, and to help you get `unstuck' and  be as productive as possible in using the language and (2) to show  proactive ways you can simplify your use of SGML, and get its very  substantial benefits with minimal complexity.

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