Hi Michael, Good points, well taken. Thanks.
Rick >I agree with Rick's points. But there are situations where it might not > be worth the effort digging deep in the available material for a > so-called standard, when -- in the end -- the customized solution still > needs non-standard modifications. > > As an example: DocBook comes with many more elements than you will > likely use and the available XSL transformations deal with almost all of > them. During all your initial setup work and all maintenance steps you > will somehow have to deal with a lot of stuff you never use. > > I learned that the maintenance effort is somehow proportional to the > number of elements and attributes in a DTD. So from my point of view it > is a good idea to start with a DTD/Schema as simple as possible. If you > add elements or attributes during your testing phase you do not > invalidate existing documents. > > A good example of such a minimalistic approach is the DocFrame > environment created by Scriptorium Publ. IMO it is a perfect head-start > for FrameMaker users. > > http://scriptorium.com/docframe/ > > If you need/want to be compatible with some other structure later on, > you can create an XSL stylesheet to take care of that compatibility. > > - Michael
