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

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

Norm,

Even at 100 elements, many people I've spoken to won't give up using 
MSFT word.  I've even had someone claim that it (word) was a "more open" 
solution than DocBook...

I say we just hit all these people with a stick until they comply, but 
I'm sure that is against the TC rules... :-)

-matt
Norman Walsh wrote:

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>/ Matthew MacKenzie <matt@mac-kenzie.net> was heard to say:
>| I'm a big fan of  using something like DocBook XML to author specs,
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>I'm a fan too, which should come as no surprise. :-)
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>| and have the OASIS system manage all of the XSL to dynamically deliver
>| the document,
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>That could be done.
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>| but to do this sort of thing requires OASIS to provide a
>| license to some sort of WYSIWYG tool to all OASIS editors.
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>Yes, that's an issue.
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>| 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.
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>Have you looked at Simplified DocBook? It has only about 100 elements
>(and if you ignore all the table and bibliographic metadata ones,
>considerably fewer).
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>                                        Be seeing you,
>                                          norm
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