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Subject:Re: Giving up on XML From:"Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> To:<siliconwriter -at- comcast -dot- net>, "techwhirlers" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Tue, 13 Mar 2007 20:33:45 -0700
This is something that has thus far eluded even the best commercial
developers. Except in expensive, turn-key solutions, XML is really
still "not-ready-for-primetime," in much the same way as Interleaf
was back in the day when it only came bundled with a workstation.
One of these days someone is going to come along with an XML
app that imports source from MS Word or FM and automatically
generates all the DTDs and other "stuff" required to do XML, much
as programs like RoboHelp and Dreamweaver have made it largely
unnecessary to tinker with the underpinnings of online help and
websites. Until then, XML will continue to be largely the domain
of big companies.
Gene Kim-Eng
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From: <siliconwriter -at- comcast -dot- net>
> If any of you fellow tech writers who actually UNDERSTANDS
> XML ever gets around to documenting it so that technically
> savvy but non-programmer audiences can understand and/or use
> it, I will be very grateful.
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