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Re: SGML vs XML
- From: Jirka Kosek <jirka at kosek dot cz>
- To: Trevor Jenkins <trevor dot jenkins at suneidesis dot com>,"docbook-apps at lists dot oasis-open dot org" <docbook-apps at lists dot oasis-open dot org>
- Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 17:35:15 +0200
- Subject: Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: SGML vs XML
- References: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0207040945110.9698-100000@suneidesis>
Trevor Jenkins wrote:
> > There's a suggested workaround here [4], [5].
> > [4] http://www.dpawson.co.uk/docbook/styling/profiling.html
> > [5] http://www.kosek.cz/xml/dboscon/profiling/frames.html
>
> Thanks for those links. I lost them in a recent system failure. But this
> "profiling" technique is, I believe, an obfuscation and that's something
> that working on SGML has taught me to eschew. It has it's place but not in
> the depths of a 500+ page manual.
It works for documents with virtually any length. And there is also one
advantage -- if you want conditional processing you are not forced to
learn new syntax (SGML conditional sections) you just use attribute with
some value. This isn't issue for SGML gurus but might be problem for
newbies.
Jirka
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