I appreciate the correction, apologize for not reading more carefully. Your point is particularly well-taken that topic-oriented information works just as well for books.
Denis > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 11:52 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: re your post on docbook-apps > >> In fact, even if some >> specialized >> online DTD becomes widely accepted, lots of folks (like us) >> need to publish >> both print and online docs, and may not be able to use it. >> Those people >> will >> still need the flexibility and extensibility of DocBook. >> _____ >> Denis >> > > This isn't true. DITA is designed specifically for > singlesourcing, not for > online information. Topic-oriented information often gets > talked of as > "the online model", but it works just as well for books. > > I'm not subscribed to the docbook-apps list, but if you want > to continue > this on xml-docs, I will respond to it there. (Feel free to > forward this > reply to docbook-apps as well). > > Michael Priestley > DITA Specialization Architect > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Dept 833 IBM Canada t/l: 969-3233 phone: 905-413-3233 > Toronto Information Development >
