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Subject: RE: DOCBOOK: XML suites to manage DocBook projects?
Hello, I'm in a dilemma on what editorial environment I should provide to our DocBook authors. The authors are used to edit their documents in MS Word: 100% wysiwyg. I evaluated XML editors like XML Spy and XMetaL and I can imagine that using these editors this is going to be a shock to at least some of the authors (editing the XML 'directly'). Should I add a layer on top of the XML files hiding all XML detail from the author? How far should I go? E.g. author chooses 'Add Chapter' from the menu instead of 'typing' '<chapter></chapter>'. E.g. content and structure is stored in a database and valid DocBook XML output is generated by the system based on this data. The argument is that some of our authors will never ever adopt a XML editor to edit content: not wysiwyg; to difficult; don't understand it etc. Will such a system/interface essentially feel the same for the authors as a really good XML editor/suite? Are such systems already available? Specifically designed to handle DocBook documents? What is your opinion on this? Thanks, Simon. -----Original Message----- From: Bob Stayton [mailto:bobs@caldera.com] Sent: maandag 11 februari 2002 19:41 To: Kraa de Simon; 'docbook@lists.oasis-open.org' Subject: Re: DOCBOOK: XML suites to manage DocBook projects? On Mon, Feb 11, 2002 at 10:41:40AM +0100, Kraa de Simon wrote: > Hello, > > I was wondering what XML editors/suites are best suited to edit and "manage" > a set of XML/XSL/... files that make up a "DocBook project". > > Currently I'm evaluating XMetaL 2.1 and XML Spy 4.3 Suite. > > I'm looking for a editor/suite that 'guides' the content author in the right > direction based on the DTD as much as possible. > > E.g. XML Spy gives the following XML file when I create a new document (XML > Spy adds <set>, <book>) and add a chapter (XML Spy adds <chapter>, <title>, > <calloutlist>, <callout>). > > <set> > <book> > <title>test</title> > <chapter> > <title/> > <calloutlist> > <callout arearefs=""/> > </calloutlist> > </chapter> > </book> > </set> > > In XMetaL you will have to create the XML file from scratch. In XMetal, you can do two things: 1. Create standard template files for each of the kinds of documents you want to create. Then you can add those templates to the File->New interface. 2. You can customize each element when it is inserted to include any children or structure you want to add. See Tools->Customizations->General->On Insert. The customizations are associated with the current DTD. -- Bob Stayton 400 Encinal Street Publications Architect Santa Cruz, CA 95060 Technical Publications voice: (831) 427-7796 Caldera International, Inc. fax: (831) 429-1887 email: bobs@caldera.com
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