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Subject:RE: State of the Single Source these days? From:"Bill Swallow" <wswallow -at- nycap -dot- rr -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Sat, 20 Dec 2003 22:48:27 -0500
I don't think you'll find one tool that will be the hands-down best
solution. Everyone's needs and workflows will be a little bit different. The
key is in portability of solution and not the solution itself, which is why
XML is becoming more and more popular. Have schema and XSLT, will transform.
As for applications, FrameMaker does a good job, as does Author-It, and
though not one tool, Altova has some excellent XML offerings.
I hope this helps.
Bill Swallow
wswallow "at" nycap "dot" rr "dot" com
::: -----Original Message-----
::: So I'm just wondering what the single source situation is
::: these days;
::: I'm on my own so not gettin' as much info from other techwriters. Is
::: there an *intelligent* single-source *program* emerging?
::: Not roll your
::: own XML but something off the shelf. One that should let you put in
::: stuff in a good gui, attach enormous amounts of logic, then output
::: useful content to both multiple formats (HTML vs PDF) and multiple
::: approaches (help, training, manuals).
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