Re: [doc-mgmt] Standardized XML format for OASIS documents or documentmetadata

[Matthew MacKenzie <matt@mac-kenzie.net>]

I'm a big fan of  using something like DocBook XML to author specs, and 
have the OASIS system manage all of the XSL to dynamically deliver the 
document, but to do this sort of thing requires OASIS to provide a 
license to some sort of WYSIWYG tool to all OASIS editors.

I've tried and failed to get various OASIS'ers to use docbook, they 
always complain that it is to complicated...and it is too complicated 
for 90% of us.

So, I'll add "editing tool" to Drummond's suggestion below.

-Matt

Drummond Reed wrote:

>On today's doc-mgmt call I was reminded of the advantages that W3C has
>enjoyed by standardizing on the format for their deliverables, and in
>particular of making sure that at least metadata concerning any official
>W3C document is available in a standard XML format.
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>This is almost an extension of the requirement for persistent URIs, as
>essentially it says that not only will there be a constant point at
>which the document can be referenced, but a consistent way to query and
>obtain metadata about the document that exists at that point (without
>necessarily having to download or access the entire document).
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>Providing a machine-readable, programmable interface to all OASIS
>documents will, I suspect, be invaluable as OASIS specifications are
>increasingly integrated with other XML specifications and repositories.
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>=Drummond
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