TechWhirl (TECHWR-L) is a resource for technical writing and technical communications professionals of all experience levels and in all industries to share their experiences and acquire information.
For two decades, technical communicators have turned to TechWhirl to ask and answer questions about the always-changing world of technical communications, such as tools, skills, career paths, methodologies, and emerging industries. The TechWhirl Archives and magazine, created for, by and about technical writers, offer a wealth of knowledge to everyone with an interest in any aspect of technical communications.
Subject:Re: XML as a document language From:Janice Gelb <janiceg -at- marvin -dot- eng -dot- sun -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 23 May 2001 16:14:33 -0700 (PDT)
Sean Brierly <Sean -at- Quodata -dot- com> wrote:
| Janice Gelb writes:
|
|We are already doing this at Sun, using SGML source to
|create PDFs and Generated HTML. I'm afraid I can't speak
|to a lot of the technical issues involved in doing so.
|The PDF is through our new print engine, from XyVision,
|and I believe the Generated HTML is through style sheets.
|
>Yebbut, I am doing this with non-SGML source.
>
>So, how does XML play with what you are doing at Sun?
>
Having our source in SGML puts us in a very good position.
It can be "translated" to XML almost seamlessly, given
that SGML is a structured language, unlike HTML.
We are hoping to move to XML and take advantage of its
advanced capabilities to be able to do more discrete
single-sourcing; right now, our archive can only handle
pieces at a book level. In future, we hope to be able
to set up an XML archive to reuse smaller "chunks" such
as procedures. We'll also get more flexibility with our
web browser display thanks to better XML style sheets.
*** Deva(tm) Tools for Dreamweaver and Deva(tm) Search ***
Build Contents, Indexes, and Search for Web Sites and Help Systems
Available now at http://www.devahelp.com or info -at- devahelp -dot- com
Sponsored by Information Mapping, Inc., a professional services firm
specializing in Knowledge Management and e-content solutions. See http://www.infomap.com or 800-463-6627 for more about our solutions.
---
You are currently subscribed to techwr-l as: archive -at- raycomm -dot- com
To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-techwr-l-obscured -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com
Send administrative questions to ejray -at- raycomm -dot- com -dot- Visit http://www.raycomm.com/techwhirl/ for more resources and info.
