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Subject:Re: Help & Manual questions. From:Edwin Skau <eddy -dot- skau -at- gmail -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Thu, 1 Dec 2005 20:40:30 +0530
My apologies for any insinuation my assumption may have implied.
>
> I know it's a DTD and not a tool. Regarding the tool chain, there are
> several editors that include a parser and FOP and generate PDF out of
> the box.
>
> > XML systems are more useful in more information repurposing
> > projects with a highly granular defiition.
>
> I beg to differ. Even with a granulation at chapter level (as I use in
> my own XML system) you save large amounts of time and money using XML.
>
While you may save money on the tools, the learning curve is usually
steeper, and
opex (implementation costs) spikes can make up for capex savings.
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