Re: OT: XML in the real world

[larry.kollar@xxxxxxxxxx]

Verner Andersen wrote:

> ... I have the feeling that XML is not that much
> used for outputs to both paper and online formats
> like DHTML and MSHTML.

Given that DocBook has an XML version, I wouldn't be
so sure about that. :-)

> Have you come further than the "guided editing
> stage", i.e. have you made XSLT stylesheets?

I did, as part of an experimental project. I've
developed a structured template for our documentation,
and decided to learn XSLT instead of WWP-SE for
converting to online. [Quadralay's refusal to port
the Pro version to MacOS was one reason, a personal
desire for standards-based solutions was another.]
I saved the book as XML, used a Perl script to clean
up minor details, then used XSLT to transform to HTML.
Once I got it working, I could put a ~100-page
manual on an internal website in about five minutes.

> I see a lot of examples from companies selling tools and solutions.

Many of whom have a stake in making XML seem a lot
more complex than it really is. ;-)

--
Larry Kollar, Senior Technical Writer, ARRIS
"Content creators are the engine that drives
value in the information life cycle."
    -- Barry Schaeffer, on XML-Doc



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