Re: user-defined formatting

[Tom Murrell <trmurrell -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

--- Chris Despopoulos <cud -at- telecable -dot- es> wrote:
> I have a short and sweet answer to all this...
> 
> XML/SGML.  In other words, separate the content/structure from the 
> formatting, and let the current application/browser format however it 
> likes.  Believe me, you'll be reading docs on your phone in just a few 
> years - get ready for it.

Just to add to Chris' comment, you can get a long way there now by using XHTML
and CSS. I haven't had occasion to do a document in XHTML Basic, but W3C says
it contains the minimum needed to structure for PDAs now. I'm just looking for
the application to test that, as I don't have a PDA myself.

FYI, for those who don't know, XHTML is a specific application of XML. Once we
get some good XML user agents, we should be in business for going whole hog
with our own DTDs.

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Tom Murrell
Lead Technical Writer
Alliance Data Systems
Columbus, Ohio
mailto:trmurrell -at- yahoo -dot- com
Personal Web Page - http://home.columbus.rr.com/murrell/

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