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RE: Implementing a single source management system painlessly
Subject:RE: Implementing a single source management system painlessly From:"Brierley, Sean" <Sean -at- Quodata -dot- Com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 8 Nov 2000 12:04:50 -0500
Hallo:
I missed the original post, but I fail to see why anyone urgently wants XML
. . . what does it bring to the table that you are failing to accomplish
with your current tools? Answer that question and you'll be well on your way
to pursuading those up the food chain . . ..
With all due respect to Andrew's excellent points, WebWorks Publisher Pro
and FrameMaker also work well for single-sourcing (I am not using XML for
this, I don't need to). Yes work gets done. Deliverables are delivered. Yes,
customer needs are well met. Seriously, whether you single-source or not,
failure to do work, deliver the goods on time, and failure to meet the
customer needs means you FAILED. You have to do the job right,
single-sourcing or not. Single-sourcing can work, it is not a myth. Whether
single-sourcing meets your needs better than multiple-sourcing <g> is a
different matter, entirely.
Cheers,
Sean
sean -at- quodata -dot- com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gilger.John [SMTP:JGilger -at- acresgaming -dot- com]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2000 12:06 PM
> To: TECHWR-L
> Subject: RE: Implementing a single source management system
> painlessly
>
> DocBook 4.0 incorporates XML and works well. It also works well with SGML.
>
> John
>
> ===================================
> Subject: Implementing a single source management system painlessly
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> What is the most painless way to implement XML as a tool for managing
> documentation? My first guess is outsourcing but cost can be pretty
> painfull. I also see us manually tagging up our documents ourselves but
> that can cost us valuable time. Ultimately, my boss and I both urgently
> want XML but we must convince upper management.
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