These are the same ranges of responses I get when I ask myself about this 
problem!  The gap in the MediaWiki to DocBook is large, but Christopher, it is 
good to see there is some ability to convert.  I will take a look at your 
source and see if we can contribute :-)  I'm guessing its GPL?!

And to Brian's point, I agree that there would be a "cutoff" date where 
MediaWiki wouldn't facilitate us anymore, wiki text is far less expressive for 
formal "publishing" on paper.

Further, unfortunately, the world isn't ready for fully online documentation.  
Many cultures still hold onto the paper book concept as a master and a must 
have.  With Wiki's, I've run into a few problems myself:
- Having to be online / connected to read and edit (I'm used to working on 
specs on a plane and Wiki's make this difficult)
- The ever-wonderful "how do I print this thing" problem (can be somewhat fixed 
by a deep linking formatter, but the problem is more difficult than this)
- The "how do I send this to someone that doesn't have access to the Wiki" 
problem

Thank you!
Paul Monday
 
 
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