Dynamic publishing and single sourcing

[Tim Mantyla <TimMantyla -at- nustep -dot- com>]

Hi all,

Has anyone heard of, researched in depth or started using dynamic 
publishing? 

It's also labeled a subset of "dynamic page publishing" in Wikipedia: 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_page_publishing

It seems to share many, if not all, features with single sourcing. 
Wikipedia: 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_source_publishing

An article that I can't access because of my company's firewall:
http://www.sixapart.com/blog/2004/11/php-dynamic-publishing-develop.html

Quark DPS shows its process visually on its website. It involves single 
sourcing and looks very similar to AuthorIt and other HATs at first blush.

Is Quark's product info just hype, a natural evolutionary extension of HAT 
and DITA structure and principles, HAT-like software, a new and better 
development? Could this work as an overall solution to virtually all of an 
organization's publishing and documentation needs? 

Quark's website explanation:
http://dynamicpublishing.quark.com/dps/how_it_works.html

Another site that offers dynamic publishing and reuse/repurposing of 
content:
http://www.rrdgds.com/wwwRRD1/Tools/DynamicPublishing/DynamicPublishing.asp


Thanks,
Tim Mantyla


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