Re: Giving up on XML

["Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>]

In that case I predict that you will eventually see the
same problem even in an "imposed structure" work
environment.  Sooner or later some writer who is
determined to impose his or her "view of the world"
on the finished documents will find a way, and if that
writer can't hack the authoring tool, you'll see PDFs
altered in Acrobat or HTML source manually edited 
in Notepad.  No automated system can ever
accomplish what human managers are too cowardly
to do in person, and people determined to break
rules invariably will, even if they have to expend 
more time and energy than it would take to just 
follow procedure.  That's the way the world *does* 
operate.

Gene Kim-Eng



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Janice Gelb" <janice -dot- gelb -at- sun -dot- com>

> Wouldn't it be nice if the world operated like that!
> I work for a company with one of the most complete
> style guides in the industry and although we have
> some writers who are virtuous and adhere to the
> style guide, we have other writers who are convinced
> that they know what's best for their readers and
> ignore the style guide when it disagrees with their
> view of the world. If those writers are good at what
> they do, not a chance in the world that management
> is going to impose enough of a penalty for them to
> take their medicine and adhere to the style guide.

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