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Consistent Terminology AND Single Sourcing AND Tools
Subject:Consistent Terminology AND Single Sourcing AND Tools From:avobert -at- twh -dot- nbg -dot- de (Alexander Von_obert) To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com Date:23 May 00 22:41:00 +0000
Hello,
* Antwort auf eine Nachricht von ghaas -at- selectica -dot- com an All am 16.05.00
gg> I'm documenting 5 APIs. One for Java, and two each for COM and C.
gg> Still, there is a HUGE amount of identical text across the COM
gg> and C documents.
gg> NOW comes maintenance. New functions are being added. Old
gg> functions are being extended. Descriptions are being amended.
gg> So I must go through the C document file, making additions and
gg> consistent changes to the repeated material, then go through
gg> and make the same changes in the COM document file. Tedium!
I've done things like that with my most fascinating tool, Schematext
(http://www.schema.de): Cross-media publishing, re-use of text, variants,
different language versions - everything is no real problem. But to get the
tool and running is...
If you should come to Forum 2000 in London next month: I'll have it on my
laptop, including a document using comparable structures like yours.
Greetings from Germany,
Alexander
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