Apparently there's this Web publishing tool called Trellix. I'm not
really tempted to use it, but I do think there are some things that
could be learned from it, so I thought I'd mention it and give a
pointer to a doc prepared with it.
Anyway, I don't know much about it, but the founder of the company
that develops it took the horribly organized Starr report and re-did
it with Trellix, and the result is pretty outstanding.
[Side note: You don't have to know what the Starr report is, though I
imagine most people do, and we certainly don't need to discuss the
contents, political ramifications, etc. It's just an example.]
Here's a short column that talks about the Trellix guy re-formatting
the document:
http://www.zdnet.com/pcweek/stories/columns/0,4351,351939,00.html
And here's the re-done Starr report:
http://www.trellix.com/icreport/
There are pointers in there to the original report, or you can find it
all over the web.
Like I said, I'm not really tempted to use Trellix, but I do think
there are some things that could be learned from it, in particular the
way it treats footnotes and that little "overview" map at the top.
Thoughts?
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