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Re: Implementing a single source management system painlessly
Subject:Re: Implementing a single source management system painlessly From:Bruce Byfield <bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 08 Nov 2000 11:36:06 -0800
Bill Swallow wrote:
> It's definitely not a necessity for most people
> (perhaps not even needed), but for companies like mine
> who use XML to publish content to the Web, having a
> doc system that conforms to this makes generating Help
> and other online supporting content for the App. much
> easier. Plug and play, so to speak.
>
The main drawback that I find with XML is that professional page
design is very difficult. XML is oriented towards structural
content, and style sheets simply aren't very sophisticated.
However, that becomes less of a problem if you're single-sourcing,
since you generally have to design to the lowest standard (often,
HTML) anyway.
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Bruce Byfield, Outlaw Communications
Contributing Editor, Maximum Linux
604.421.7189 bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com
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