author: Michel Dagenais
copyright: Michel Dagenais, GNU General Public License, 1997
date: 8 October 1997
keyword: SGML
keyword: structure
keyword: normal form
keyword: canonical
keyword: medium audience

# Sgmlnormalize: Supplying Omitted SGML Tags

## Abstract

This program prints back an SGML file in normalized form, supplying missing tags and detecting errors.

This program accepts a file name as single argument and prints back in normalized form the specified SGML file. It may be useful to supply the missing, omitted, SGML tags and detect syntax or structure errors. It also serves as a simple example on how to use the `sgml` library.