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At 10:52 21/04/2003 -0500, Doug Rudder wrote: ><betty>I think WordPerfect (Corel) did a nice job (not perfect) of >including SGML and now XML into the WordPerfect product. The compiled >XML application could be given to the end user. The end user could >provide XML data where required but could still use WordPerfect >as a daily word processor. XML is embedded in the product as >an add-on and those who aren't interested aren't bothered by it.</betty> > >This is one of the reasons I use WordPerfect at home now. I can load my own >DTD and XML files and take them back and forth between home and work, as >well as use them in most other XML editing applications. This is part of the >point of XML; it is vendor/platform/format independent. For me it was 99% of the point of XML. That neutrality enables information to be archived with a nominal confidence that it will be usable when dusted off in n (n <15) years and used with the tools of the time. Since I've never seen an editor that a user familiar with Word can use with XML with minimal training, this office 2003 was viewed at work with a good deal of hope. Ah well. regards DaveP
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