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Are you just beginning to try to figure out how XML and content management can help you wrestle with your publishing problems? Are you confused by all the jargon and acronyms that the experts are throwing around? Do you wish that someone would clear it all up for you? If so, then this 4-part series of articles is for you. When we spoke recently with someone who is just beginning to find his way through the standards, technologies, products, and vendors related to XML publishing, we were struck by the lack of helpful information resources for the uninitiated. In this first article, we discuss the practical problems of capturing and sharing information that you and many others are facing today. This means problems such as delivering information to multiple types of media, ... (more)

An Easy Introduction to XML Publishing

Essentials of a Publishing System In part 1 of this series, we discussed some of the key problems of capturing and sharing information - problems like delivering information to multiple types of media, making updates faster and easier, and reducing the cost and time to translate and publish. Given those challenges, what should we do? In this part, we'll describe the essentials for solving t... (more)

An Easy Introduction to XML Publishing - Part 3 of a Five-Part Series

In Part 1 of this series we discussed some of the key problems of capturing and sharing information and in Part 2 we looked at the critical components of a solution: modularization, automation, and XML. In part 3, we start getting technical - but in a nontechnical way. We examine the essential parts of building a solution, including developing data models (which are either DTDs or Schemas... (more)

Seven Ways to Mess Up with XML

A successful XML publishing project inspired this article. The project's leader, who claims that the financial return gained for his company "made his career" there, achieved success for two reasons: he focused on the right goals and executed the project in the right way. This article focuses on two things: how to establish the right goals for an XMLbased publishing project and the most c... (more)