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Subject: Re: Re[2]: [docbook-apps] Using OpenOffice as a DocBook editor
On Mon, 2005-09-12 at 10:14 +0200, Wolfgang Keller wrote: > Hello, > > > If my word processor produces XML (e.g. to the Oasis standard) > > The point of XML is to produce _stuctured_ documents. Only if the application needs structure. If it doesn't, then the markup is a waste of bits :-) > > The problem with the OO format (just as with WordML) is that it > doesn't doesn't prevent "spaghetti" XML, so it doesn't help much. Oh yes it does. Help that is. Its very usable markup. If needed structure can be added, but I'd question if you *really* need it, or whether it is sought simply because it's been thought good 'historically'? 4 legs bad 2 legs good sort of logic? regards DaveP
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