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ISO	B-General_Concept
12083	I-General_Concept
is	O
an	O
international	O
SGML	B-Language
standard	O
for	O
document	O
interchange	O
between	O
authors	O
and	O
publishers	O
.	O
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It	O
features	O
separate	O
Document	B-Language
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Definitions	I-Language
for	O
books	O
,	O
serials	O
,	O
articles	O
,	O
and	O
math	O
.	O
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<s>
Derived	O
from	O
AAP	B-General_Concept
DTD	I-General_Concept
,	O
it	O
was	O
first	O
published	O
in	O
1993	O
,	O
revised	O
in	O
1994	O
,	O
and	O
last	O
confirmed	O
in	O
2016	O
.	O
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<s>
In	O
1983	O
,	O
the	O
Association	O
of	O
American	O
Publishers	O
(	O
AAP	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
coalition	O
of	O
book	O
and	O
journal	O
publishers	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
,	O
initiated	O
efforts	O
to	O
create	O
an	O
SGML	B-Language
application	O
named	O
AAP	B-General_Concept
DTD	I-General_Concept
for	O
academic	O
publishing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1988	O
,	O
the	O
AAP	B-General_Concept
DTD	I-General_Concept
became	O
the	O
American	O
National	O
Standards	O
Institute	O
's	O
Electronic	O
Manuscript	O
Preparation	O
and	O
Markup	O
(	O
ANSI/NISO	O
Z39.59	O
)	O
standard	O
.	O
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<s>
Being	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
ASCII	B-Protocol
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,	O
it	O
includes	O
a	O
large	O
set	O
of	O
entity	O
definitions	O
for	O
special	O
characters	O
.	O
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<s>
Building	O
on	O
this	O
work	O
,	O
Eric	O
van	O
Herwijnen	O
,	O
then	O
head	O
of	O
the	O
text	O
processing	O
section	O
at	O
CERN	O
,	O
edited	O
the	O
specification	O
for	O
adoption	O
by	O
the	O
International	O
Organization	O
for	O
Standardization	O
as	O
ISO	B-General_Concept
12083	I-General_Concept
,	O
first	O
published	O
in	O
1993	O
,	O
revised	O
in	O
1994	O
and	O
last	O
reconfirmed	O
in	O
2016	O
.	O
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<s>
ISO	B-General_Concept
12083	I-General_Concept
specifies	O
four	O
DTDs	O
:	O
Article	O
,	O
Book	O
,	O
Serial	O
,	O
and	O
Math	O
.	O
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<s>
ISO	B-General_Concept
12083	I-General_Concept
found	O
its	O
widest	O
adoption	O
among	O
publishers	O
of	O
scientific	O
journals	O
.	O
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