Why was the SGML standard chosen instead of HTML?
During the Pinnacles Group effort, the participating companies developed an SGML application standard, which comprises a tag library and one or more Document Type Definitions (DTDs) — the fundamental elements of an information exchange standard. By using the Pinnacles Group developed tag library, the elements of a datasheet will be consistent with the published documents. For example, in HTML the tag for the Recommended Operating Conditions table would simply be known as a Heading, in SGML it would retain its identity of Recommended Operating Conditions. In HTML, the Supply voltage, Vcc (note that HTML does not permit subscripts), would be a text entry in a table, whereas in SGML, the Supply voltage, Vcc (note that SGML allows subscripts), would be known as the
