XML when?

[hedley_finger@xxxxxxxxxxx]

All:

Why is it taking so long for Adobe to include XML handling in
FrameMaker+SGML (FMS)?  There is no need to include the full box-and-dice
of schemas, XSL, XSLT, well-formed but not valid XML.  But, given that FMS
can round-trip SGML and that XML is a subset of SGML, surely it is a fairly
simple task to support DTDs, document oriented XML, and validation as a
first step?  All the rest can come later when the standards firm up.

I have just been reading some of the Network Publishing fairy floss
(produced by spinning sugar at high speed) and some documents found by
searching on 'XML'.   Adobe's 'commitment' to XML appears to be supporting
Webworks Publisher Pro as an XML conversion kludge which needs a LOT of
work to round-trip and make SGML support XML-only features.

[Windows 2000, FrameMaker 6.0p405, FrameScript 1.27C01, Enhance 2.03,
Acrobat 4.05.2, mif2go 31r25, IXgen 5.5.h]

Regards,
Hedley

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Hedley Finger
Technical Communications/Technical communicator and FrameMaker mentor
MYOB Australia <http://www.myob.com.au/>
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