
2025-06-20 12:00:54
@… Later than the 1981 paper. Given that the first working draft standard was published in 1980, the “chicken scratches” are thus likely to refer to a later draft; given the year 1983, presumably the 6th working draft, which was published as GCA industry standard, as mentioned in the SGML Handbook, p. 569.
Note also that Annex A of the Standard (p. 5 in t…