RE: Giving up on XML

["Combs, Richard" <richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com>]

Eric Dunn wrote:
 
> Let's have a really intelligent discussion and split each 
> thought to the thread in which it belongs.
> 
> What are the advantages/disadvantages of the Docbook DTD.
> What are the advantages/disadvantages of various editors.
> What are the advantages/disadvantages of various validators/parsers.
> What tools are available for Docbook, what toolsets are available.
> What are the advantages/disadvantages of these toolsets.
> How customisable are the toolsets.

And then there's the question at the heart of this thread: Why are there
so many complex and difficult-to-answer questions that I have to tackle
before I can even begin to get started learning how to understand this
stuff? 

:-)

Richard 


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