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XML Authoring for Those Who Don't Like Markup
Advances in word processing technology now enable people to author simple documents in an interface they are familiar with. They no longer need to know a lot about markup, the schema in use, or be distracted by other concerns than writing what they want to write. This simpler interface, built upon a Microsoft "Smart Doc" solution provides support for authors who are focused on the content they are writing rather than the markup that describes it. At the same time, the author is producing valid XML that can be routed for review and approval, used for multi-channel delivery, or reused by other authors in the enterprise. Several scenarios of how such an authoring/management system could be used to solve business challenges are described.
Parsons, Jon. IDEAlliance (2005). Articles>Information Design>Software>XML
#34330
I decided to simplify the DITA publishing process for myself by building a Windows interface to Ant. Ant was developed to allow programmers to write a simple build file in an XML format, and then process that XML file with the Ant build software.
Self, Tony. HyperWrite (2007). Articles>Information Design>Software>XML
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Modifying DITA Open Toolkit Build Files for CSH
This procedure is used to modify the DITA Open Toolkit build files to allow an external map file reference and alias strings to be added to the HTML Help Project file before building, as part of the transformation to Microsoft HTML Help (CHM) format.
Self, Tony. HyperWrite (2008). Articles>Information Design>Software>DITA
#35059
The two most well-known XSLT processors are probably the Apache project's Xalan (available in both a Java and C++ version) and the Java-based Saxon, which was written by XSLT 2.0 specification editor Michael Kay. If those are the only two XSLT processors you currently use, it's worth checking out Daniel Veillard's libxslt.
DuCharme, Bob. XML.com (2005). Articles>Information Design>Software>XSL
#35706
Top Five Best Database Management Tools
For a database administrator, DBM (database management) tools make tasks related to maintaining relational databases efficient and fast. Prior to the popularity of these tools, most DBA’s had to use the command line to create, edit, and delete databases. In this article, we present to you the top five most popular/most voted for database management tools.
Gube, Jacob. Six Revisions (2009). Articles>Information Design>Software>Databases
