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Information and Content Exchange (ICE) Format and Protocol
W3C-proposed format for document exchange and reuse management in traditional publishing contexts and business-to-business relationships.
http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-ice

AscToRTF
A commercial text to RTF converter that recognizes headings, bullets, tables, and URLs.
http://www.jafsoft.com/asctortf/

Jim's ASCII Chart Page
ASCII tables, ASCII charts, in a variety of forms. Also hex-to-decimal and hex-to-ASCII conversions, and other reference s.
http://www.jimprice.com/jim-asc.htm

Acrobat 5.0 SDK Documentation
Official guide to PDF SDK documentation, part of the Adobe Solutions Network developer program. Introductions to the PDF document format, to the SDK, and to type technology, knowledge base articles, and technical notes.
http://partners.adobe.com/asn/developer/acrosdk/docs.html

Word Processors: Stupid and Inefficient
Mainly a polemic in favor of TeX over word processors, but also providing a general idea of how traditional (non-desktop) publishing works and what professionals value (or dislike) in a publishing data format.
http://ricardo.ecn.wfu.edu/~cottrell/wp.html