RE: XML-based Help Authoring tools for customized help

["Bill Lawrence" <scribe -at- matrixplus -dot- com>]

> 
> 
> Docbook, is mainly linear. The basic modules are chapters. You need to
> make a lot of transformations to re-organize the content for many
> purposes.
> 
> And that's only the beginning...
> 

Actually, that's not true.  The basic modules are what you wish them to
be.  In my case, I use <section> as the basic module, and since it can
nest within itself, that works out very well.  I reference my modules to
build up documents with the necessary higher level structure, such as
chapters and books if that's appropriate.  I use attributes to denote
what goes into a reference guide, what goes into training materials, and
what goes into online help.  I also use attributes to denote types of
users.  Having a rich set of attributes to work with, and section as the
basic module, allows me to pretty much build anything one can imagine.

Bill Lawrence

Senior Technical Writer
Matrix Solutions


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