SoftQuad Software Advances XML Content Delivery to Mobile Users

[Heather Grant <heather@itpr.com>]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SoftQuad Software Advances XML Content Delivery to Mobile Users
Leading XML firm joins Wireless Application Protocol Forum

TORONTO, ON – August 22, 2000 – SoftQuad Software, Ltd.® (OTC BB: SXML), an
internationally-recognized developer of XML enabling technologies and
commerce solutions for e-business, today announced that it has joined the
Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) Forum to advance the delivery of XML
content to mobile users. The WAP Forum is an industry association that has
developed the de-facto world standard for wireless information and telephony
services on digital mobile phones and other wireless terminals.

“With more than 100 million wireless users today, and that number growing
daily, there’s an enormous demand for content that can be delivered over WAP
enabled devices,” said Roberto Drassinower, president and CEO of SoftQuad
Software Ltd.  “XML is becoming the dominant format for exchanging content
over wireless devices, and our experience in XML and XML content creation
solutions will help content providers deliver entirely new services to
mobile users.”

Through an active membership in the WAP Forum, SoftQuad will join a growing
number of industry leaders driving the universal enablement of fast and easy
delivery of relevant information and services to mobile users. Members
include: Alcatel, AT&T Wireless Services, Bell Mobility, Compaq, Ericsson
Mobile Communications, Hewlett Packard, IBM, Intel Corporation, Nortel,
Nokia, and many more.

“WAP is based on an XML platform and as such we recognize the demand for
tools for developers and authors,” said Scott Goldman, CEO of the WAP Forum.
“SoftQuad provides an excellent solution for creating content that will be
delivered to wireless devices and the WAP Forum is delighted to have them as
members.”



About the WAP Forum

The WAP Forum is the industry association that has developed the de-facto
world standard for wireless information and telephony services on digital
mobile phones and other wireless terminals.  Their primary goal is to bring
together companies from all segments of the wireless industry value chain to
ensure product interoperability and growth of wireless market.

WAP Forum, comprising over 500 members, represents over 90 per cent of the
global handset market, carriers with more than 100 million subscribers,
leading infrastructure providers, software developers and other
organizations providing solutions to the wireless industry.

About SoftQuad Software, Ltd.

SoftQuad Software, Ltd. (OTC BB: SXML) is an internationally recognized
developer of XML-enabling technologies and commerce solutions for
e-business. A founding member of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the
Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS)
and XML.org., SoftQuad is also a member of the Open Applications Group, Inc.
(OAGI) and the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) Forum.  SoftQuad has been
instrumental in shaping and developing both the standards and technologies
that are changing the way companies exchange information and do business
over the Web.

Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, with European operations based in London,
SoftQuad was first to market with XMetaL®, an advanced, yet easy-to-use XML
content creation solution. It has already become the premier enabling
technology for XML-based content applications in electronic publishing,
e-commerce and knowledge management.  SoftQuad is targeting the growing
business-to-business (B2B) marketplace with MarketAgility, a supply-side
content solution that allows companies to effectively join and compete in
B2B e-markets.

For more information, visit SoftQuad's website at http://www.softquad.com



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Caution Concerning Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning
of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as
"anticipates", "estimates", "expects", “will”, “should”, "projects",
"intends", "plans", "believes" and words and terms of similar substance used
in connection with any discussion of future operating or financial
performance identify such forward-looking statements.  Those forward-looking
statements are management's present expectations of future events.  As with
any projection or forecast, they are inherently susceptible to uncertainty
and changes in circumstances.  SoftQuad is an early-stage growth company
that operates in a highly competitive and rapidly changing environment, and
its business results are dependent on numerous factors, including demand for
its products and services, its ability to manage costs and generate
revenues, technological developments, protection of its intellectual
property rights, its ability to attract and retain key personnel, the
resolution of issues concerning commercial activities via the Internet,
including security, reliability, cost, ease of use and access, government
regulation, risks related to international sales and potential foreign
currency exchange fluctuations, economic, political and social conditions in
the countries in which it operates, its ability to successfully obtain
inclusion of its common stock on the Nasdaq National Market and other risks
detailed from time to time in periodic reports filed by SoftQuad with the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and other regulatory authorities.
SoftQuad’s actual results could differ materially from management's
expectations because of such factors.

For further information on SoftQuad, please contact:

David Terry
ITPR (for SoftQuad Software)
(416) 860-3899 ext. 3607
david@itpr.com

For further information on the WAP Forum, please visit www.wapforum.com or
contact:

Marja Murray
Dir. of Marketing Communications
WAP Forum
(650) 949-6724
mmurray@wapforum.org


SoftQuad and XMetaL are registered trademarks of SoftQuad Software, Ltd.
MarketAgility is a trademark of SoftQuad Software, Ltd.  All other products
or company names mentioned are used for identification purposes only, and
may be trademarks of their respective owners.
Heather Grant
Account Executive
ITPR
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Toronto, ON  M5H 3S6
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Email: Heather@itpr.com