Style checker?

[Yves Barbion <yves -dot- barbion -at- gmail -dot- com>]

I'm looking for a style checker tool that dynamically checks whether 
DITA-structured text complies with terminology databases and style 
guides. Something that does the following:

Original: "Choose Print from the File menu to print the doctor's contact 
details. A dialog appears. Click on the Print button."

Corrections suggested by the style checker: "Choose *File *> *Print *to 
print the *physician*'s details. A dialog box appears. Click *Print*.", 
where:

    * "doctor" is replace with "physician" to comply with the
      terminology database.
    * The syntax is changed ("Choose File > Print...") to comply with
      the company style guides.


These are the basic feature requirements. It would be really nice if the 
style checker can do the following too:

    * Check multilingual terminology databases
    * Check multiple style guides in order of a user-defined preference.
      For example, check Microsoft Manual of Style first, then the Apple
      Publications Style Guide and, if there's a conflict, give
      preference to style guide A.



Kind regards


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Yves Barbion 
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