Re: [docbook-apps] Docbook XML to Word(ML)?

["John L. Clark" <jlc6@po.cwru.edu>]

On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 07:24:16AM +1000, Steve Ball wrote:
> Further to Bob's reply, the plan is to support all DocBook elements  
> (though not necessarily all *combinations* of elements) for the  
> entire round-tripping process.  At this stage I'm ramping up the  
> effort I'm putting into the project, and would welcome feedback on  
> the priorities people would place on the elements to be supported.

Very cool; I'm looking forward to this effort (and would be willing to
contribute if there were a need for an XSLT-tinkering dochead).  What
I've been wondering, though, is what "rights" normal users have to
instances of various Microsoft XML output formats.  I don't think I ever
heard the last word on that, and I've been curious.  Clearly Tim Bray's
"View Source effect"[0] wants to kick in hard with respect to
newly-transparent MS-stuffs, but I've been wondering whether unpleasant
things lurk in the shadows further down this path.  What's the good word
on using MS schemata for developing transforms and the like?

Peace,

    John L. Clark

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