Re: Idea for managing EDDs and DTDs

[Dan Emory <danemory@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Of course, any EDD can be exported as a DTD, but all of the format rules 
would be lost. However, since the EDD itself is a structured document, it 
certainly should be possible to develop a DTD from the EDD for EDD's, and 
then export an EDD instance to an SGML instance of that DTD. The template 
for importing the SGML instance of any EDD into FrameMaker+SGML would be 
the EDD for EDDs.

Interesting idea.

At 02:25 PM 5/3/02 -0400, eric.dunn@ca.transport.bombardier.com wrote:


>After talk of maintaining data in version control systems, I began to (once
>again) wonder about the best methods to maintain DTDs and EDDs.
>
>Has anybody developed an SGML application for round-tripping EDDs to and from
>SGML? Seems to me an EDD saved in SGML form would be perfect for use in a
>version control system.
>
>I suppose (and I venture into conjecture as my knowledge of such things is 
>what
>I glean from the lists) that the text only SGML would allow for the 
>tracking of
>branches and multiple versions in systems such as CVS. This would probably
>enable multiple EDDs to be maintained and retain common content.
>
>Am I thinking straight or do I not have a clue?
>
>Anybody else have any thoughts?
>
>Eric L. Dunn
>
>
>
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