The main advantages to using one of the standard schemas:
1) It has been developed and used by others so it has the benefit of being
tested and "proven" with actual documentation.
2) Even if it needs to be customized, you have a head-start in the
development process.
3) If there is already an EDD, etc., for the standard, you can try it out
before spending a lot of time or money.
4) There will be other users and developers that you can solicit for help
and advice.
5) There may be existing tools (templates, XSLT stylesheets, etc.) that you
can use in your environment.
Rick Quatro
Carmen Publishing
585-659-8267
www.frameexpert.com
The "Real Life" Migration to Stuctured Doc thread got me thinking. What is
better? A custom schema or one the "standards" such as Docbook or DITA.
I've often thought that if one knows how to create a schema (and the
resulting EDD, DTD, XSD, etc.) you're better off creating your own,
especially since Docbook and, to a lesser extent, DITA would need to be
customized to realize the true potential of XML.
I'm curious as to what others think about this.
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Mike Feimster
IDD Technical Analyst
ACS Technologies
180 N. Dunbarton Drive
Florence, SC 29501
p / 843.413.8122
f / 843.413.8122
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