Re: [docbook-apps] DocBook 5 and Newletter Applicability

[Warren Young <warren@etr-usa.com>]

Miller, Ray (Centech) wrote:
> is Docbook 5 a good format to produce this

Most newsletters tend to have fancy layout: split 1- and 2-column 
setups, graphics spanning columns, etc.  DocBook is better for more 
traditional document formats, like articles and books.  If you can live 
with something that's more like an article, DocBook will be fine.  If 
not, you'll probably have to generate your special XSL-FO formatting 
directly.

If the goal here is to create a layout once and then pour text into it 
regularly, a high-end publishing package might be better here.  These 
days, I'd pick InDesign, but if you have an old copy of FrameMaker or 
something like that, that can work, too.  Packages of this caliber tend 
to be scriptable, handle separate layout and copy naturally, and will 
probably generate better HTML than your average word processor or 
cheapie publishing package.  As for PDF, excellent quality PDF is de 
rigeur at this level.