CORBA	The Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) has been 
	published by the Object Management Group (OMG) and is sponsored 
	by many companies world-wide. It is a standard for describing the 
	interoperability of clients and servers on different architectures. 
	(More info: see ftp ftp.iona.ie/pub/Orbix)

HTML	Hypertext Markup Language

ODMA	Open Document Management API supported by Borland, Documentum, 
	Interleaf, Novell, Oracle, PC DOCS, SoftSolutions, Sybase, 
	Wordperfect, and XSoft

OLE	Object Linking and Embedding (Microsoft application)

OpenDoc compound document architecture supported by Apple, IBM, Novell, 
	Oracle, Sunsoft, Taligent, Wordperfect, Xerox, and others

SGML 	Standard Generalized Markup Language

Shamrock = the Shamrock Document Management Coalition - to provide a layer 
	for accessing multiple document management engines or services, through 
	a common set of services and calls; supported ~by Adobe, EDS, Frame 
	Technology, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, Verity, Viewstar, and Wang, 
	as well as ODMA members Documentum, Interleaf, PC DOCS, Sybase, and 	
	XSoft. Headed by IBM and Saros.

TEI	Text Encoding Initiative

URL	Uniform Resource Locator

	an identifying string for a document's location

WWW	World Wide Web