RE: moving into xml-based writing

["technical writing plus" <doc-x -at- earthlink -dot- net>]

Wikipedia articles on this stuff (XML, DITA, XSL Transformation, HTML, W3C,
etc.) are useful. And they have links at the bottom of most articles. Links
to more useful stuff. W3C Schools, for example. The English page is at
en.wikipedia.org.

If you start to develop for yourself a learning approach to this stuff now,
then you will be better off if and when you do decide to take a class. 

Jim Jones  	zxlat.translatorscafe.com

-----Original Message-----
Becky Edmondson wrote:

...when you are a contractor? Being of a geeky mindset, I'm
> pretty sure I'd enjoy XML, but I haven't a clue where to start. What
should
> you learn, and in what order? How geeky do you need to be--must you be
able
> to write XSL transforms, for instance? Do you need to take formal classes,
> or can you learn enough by just hacking up some XML-based docs on your
own?... 

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