<s>
HoTMetaL	B-Application
is	O
an	O
early	O
commercial	O
HTML-authoring	O
software	O
program	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
1994	O
by	O
SoftQuad	O
Software	O
of	O
Toronto	O
,	O
Canada	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Based	O
on	O
the	O
SGML	B-Language
engine	O
of	O
SoftQuad	O
Author/Editor	O
,	O
HoTMetaL	B-Application
was	O
released	O
with	O
a	O
free	O
version	O
(	O
HoTMetal	B-Application
Free	O
)	O
and	O
a	O
professional	O
version	O
(	O
HoTMetaL	B-Application
Pro	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HoTMetaL	B-Application
went	O
through	O
several	O
incarnations	O
from	O
versions	O
1	O
though	O
6	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eventually	O
,	O
the	O
product	O
line	O
was	O
discontinued	O
as	O
an	O
HTML	B-General_Concept
editor	I-General_Concept
,	O
although	O
the	O
user	O
interface	O
lives	O
on	O
in	O
XMetaL	B-Protocol
,	O
a	O
commercial	O
XML	B-Protocol
editor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
editor	O
had	O
several	O
views	O
(	O
including	O
text	O
and	O
WYSIWYG	B-Application
)	O
,	O
most-notably	O
though	O
was	O
the	O
"	O
Tags-On	O
"	O
view	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
provided	O
a	O
WYSIWYG-like	O
view	O
of	O
the	O
page	O
being	O
edited	O
with	O
overlay	O
icons	O
showing	O
where	O
the	O
code	O
tags	O
started	O
and	O
ended	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
view	O
is	O
still	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
XML	B-Protocol
editing	O
module	O
of	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
InDesign	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
15	O
March	O
2002	O
,	O
the	O
Corel	O
Corporation	O
acquired	O
SoftQuad	O
,	O
although	O
the	O
Corel	O
web	O
site	O
has	O
no	O
reference	O
to	O
HoTMetaL	B-Application
or	O
any	O
other	O
web	O
development	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
SGI	O
's	O
WebForce	O
line	O
,	O
SGI	O
considered	O
having	O
SoftQuad	O
port	O
HoTMetaL	B-Application
Pro	I-Application
to	O
IRIX	B-Operating_System
for	O
inclusion	O
on	O
the	O
WebForce	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Indy	B-Operating_System
workstation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
pitching	O
the	O
idea	O
of	O
WebForce	O
to	O
SGI	O
executives	O
,	O
SGI	O
employee	O
John	O
McCrea	O
passed	O
around	O
a	O
copy	O
of	O
HoTMetaL	B-Application
Pro	I-Application
in	O
its	O
retail	O
packaging	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SGI	O
eventually	O
opted	O
to	O
purchase	O
and	O
port	O
a	O
partially	O
finished	O
HTML	B-General_Concept
editor	I-General_Concept
,	O
then	O
in	O
development	O
for	O
Solaris	B-Application
from	O
Amdahl	O
Corporation	O
instead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
capital	O
letters	O
in	O
HoTMetaL	B-Application
spell	O
HTML	B-Language
.	O
</s>
