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RE: XML-based Help Authoring tools for customized help
Subject:RE: XML-based Help Authoring tools for customized help From:"France Baril" <France -dot- Baril -at- ixiasoft -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 15 Dec 2003 16:46:01 -0500
I agree.
I agree, I meant with the same tool.
I agree.
Thinking of docbook as a template is the best comparison so far.
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From: eric -dot- dunn -at- ca -dot- transport -dot- bombardier -dot- com
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Sent: December 15, 2003 4:40 PM
To: France Baril
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Subject: RE: XML-based Help Authoring tools for customized help
"France Baril" <France -dot- Baril -at- ixiasoft -dot- com> wrote on 12/15/2003 04:26:45 PM:
> I would tend to agree with you on the fact that with
> docbook you choose to use XML with some constraints.
As long as you agree that using Docbook as your XML DTD is the same as using
Normal.dot as you MSWord template.
> However, a docbook document is an XML document (the shelf
> is not a hammer). You can store, parse, transform, search
> a docbook document as you would any other XML document.
Clarification. You can store, parse, transform, search a docbook document as you
would any other **Docbook** document.
> I will not argue on the word adopting, but I would NOT
> tell someone using docbook that they are NOT using XML...
True. But if someone insists on using an MSWord template with 600 styles in it
when all they want to do is produce simple memos, I'd argue they are using the
wrong template and should perhaps see if there wasn't a template better suited
to their needs or why don't they develop their own.
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