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> I'm currently compiling a glossary to accompany
> our next software release. Once we have the
> content gathered, I need to figure out how to get
> this information out to the user.
> 1. There is no user guide.
> 2. There is a feature guide and a dev guide.
> 3. The content is context sensitive.
> 4. Project size.
This sounds like a job for XML! Because you are dealing with context-sensitive content that will be accessed by users who are already working online, you should be able to use login or other user information to filter an XML-based glossary similar to the one that I have on my Web site:
This uses XML, XSL, JavaScript, and HTML. All definitions are located in a single XML file and the JavaScript filters out and displays selected definitions based on the glossary you click. There are even a handful of "duplicate" terms that have different definitions depending on which glossary you're viewing. You might consider something similar--filtering on the context instead.
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