Dishaa wrote: > > I have been evaluating the XMLMind XML Editor to determine its potential > as a documentation tool for our organization. > > The current requirements for using a XML editor are: > 1. Need to Single Source > 2. Linux Environment > > Hence, DocBook was chosen as the standard. The next need is evaluating > the different XML editors out there. Three names kept coming up: > 1. Syntext Serna > 2. XXE > 3. Oxygen
To my knowledge Oxygen is a ``programmer's editor'' and does not compete with Syntext Serna and XXE. > As a technical writer, I would like to spend my time writing, rather > than looking into creating XML tags. Therefore, the need for a GUI to > type out the content. > We have other crucial requirements: > > 1. View Track Changes and multiple edits by author and different reviewers. We don't have this feature and, to my knowledge, Syntext Serna has it. They call it "redlining". > 2. Creating templates with ease. Yes. See http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/configure/configure.html > 3. Port/migrate old documentation into new templates. No. IMHO, this feature is not really related to an XML editor. > 4. Convert to .HTML/.PDF/.RTF easily. Yes, provided that you write one XSLT style sheet which outputs HTML and another one which which outputs XSL-FO. > Can the helpful members of this community share their knowledge about > how XXE stands upto these requirements? Note that I'm an employee of XMLmind, therefore my answers may be biased.
