RE: DOCBOOK-APPS: Help project structure

["Bradford, Denis" <denisb@rational.com>]

I appreciate the correction, apologize for not reading more carefully. Your
point is particularly well-taken that topic-oriented information works just
as well for books. 

Denis

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mpriestl@ca.ibm.com [mailto:mpriestl@ca.ibm.com]
> Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 11:52 AM
> To: denisb@Rational.Com
> Subject: re your post on docbook-apps
> 
>> In fact, even if some 
>> specialized
>> online DTD becomes widely accepted, lots of folks (like us) 
>> need to publish
>> both print and online docs, and may not be able to use it. 
>> Those people
>> will
>> still need the flexibility and extensibility of DocBook.
>> _____
>> Denis
>> 
> 
> This isn't true. DITA is designed specifically for 
> singlesourcing, not for
> online information.  Topic-oriented information often gets 
> talked of as
> "the online model", but it works just as well for books.
> 
> I'm not subscribed to the docbook-apps list, but if you want 
> to continue
> this on xml-docs, I will respond to it there. (Feel free to 
> forward this
> reply to docbook-apps as well).
> 
> Michael Priestley
> DITA Specialization Architect
> mpriestl@ca.ibm.com
> Dept 833 IBM Canada    t/l: 969-3233    phone: 905-413-3233
> Toronto Information Development
>