Re: AW: advantages of docbook dtd

Subject: Re: AW: advantages of docbook dtd
From: Dan Emory <danemory -at- primenet -dot- com>
To: "Reng, Winfried" <winfried -dot- reng -at- msi-muenchen -dot- de>, TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 01:29:52 -0700 (MST)

At 10:03 AM 5/3/00 +0200, Reng, Winfried wrote:
>Hi Dan,
>
>Thanks for your mail. You seem to have your oppinions.
>
>Why is Docbook the DTD from hell? Why are then more and
>more companies using it?
>
>I had a look at its elements, and of course there are
>some that I wouldn´t use. However I don´t think that
>this would make it unusable.
>
>Thanks for your help,
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I think most companies use it because they have to, or they don't have thwe
will or inclination to develop something better.

As far as I'm concerned it is very possibly the most user-unfriendly
concoction I've ever had the displeasure to encounter. Admittedly, you can
pare down the elements to those you actually need to use, but even then it
is extremely confusing.

A well-designed EDD can greatly enhance authoring productivity. Docbook
negatively affects productivity.
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