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Subject:RE: Importance of XML in single sourcing? From:"David Knopf" <david -at- knopf -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 12 Apr 2002 12:44:35 -0700
ebarker -at- omiintl -dot- com wrote:
| We are a 4-person tech writing department at a software company and
are
| looking at content management tools. We've narrowed it down to
Arbortext
| and AuthorIt.
|
| How important is it to create XML content? AuthorIt does not store XML
and
| it's not an XML editor, though it can import XML documents.
|
| Arbortext states that it was designed for creating XML content.
XML is but one technology you can use for single sourcing. It is by no
means required. AuthorIT can certainly be used for single sourcing,
regardless the fact that it doesn't *store* data as XML. And if AuthorIT
produces the types of output you need now and anticipate needing in the
near term, it is easier to learn and far more affordable than the higher
end alternatives.
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