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RE: XML-based Help Authoring tools for customized help
Subject:RE: XML-based Help Authoring tools for customized help From:eric -dot- dunn -at- ca -dot- transport -dot- bombardier -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 15 Dec 2003 16:02:48 -0500
"France Baril" <France -dot- Baril -at- ixiasoft -dot- com> wrote on 12/15/2003 03:48:10 PM:
> Mark, unless you are adopting the SGML version of docbook,
> since docbook is a set of XML tags how are you not adopting XML?
> If I adopt a kid who has a dog, am I not also adopting the dog?
>
> France
Ah, but the better analogy about adopting DocBook would be to say if you adopt
the dog are you adopting all canines? No, you're only adopting one instance of
one sub-branch of the canine family. (That's the crux of Mark's argument I
believe.)
Docbook is only one XML instance. Adopting Docbook IS adopting an XML (or SGML)
instance and approach. The same can be said of adopting HTML.
When you do decide to adopt a dog (the kid analogy really doesn't fit in
anyway), do you just adopt the first dog to come along? The dog that most people
have? Or do you look into which dog best fits your needs? It may be possible to
find a small Great Dane (use Docbook or adapt it to your use), but it may be
advisable to get a Dachshund or Jack Russell instead. Or you may be better off
with a cat! ;)
And so the discussion, about what defines what we're discussing continues...
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