Rik Tindall wrote:
Is there not then a fifth segment, using HTML? Whether writing inhouse and/or CD-distributed technical manuals, or for the web, it works with reasonable layout control & consistency. It can be made to print ok too.
HTML's main advantage is that it's fitted to utilise the (free) publishing technology whose revolutionary potential has been unmatched by anything since the sixteenth century printing press - the Internet itself. Content is thereby supplemented by context, and availability.
Good point. The O'Reilly online books spring to mind. They are excellent! But I somehow suspect they were created in docbook? So maybe not a valid example.
But when we consider that online publishing presents challenges similar to paper publishing, plus additional ones, I'm happy to add the fifth group :-)
rgds Jaco
