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<li><em>To</em>: "jdd" <<A HREF="mailto:jdanield@dodin.net">jdanield@dodin.net</A>>, "David Lloyd" <<A HREF="mailto:lloy0076@rebel.net.au">lloy0076@rebel.net.au</A>>, "David Lawyer" <<A HREF="mailto:dave@lafn.org">dave@lafn.org</A>></li>
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<li><em>From</em>: "David C. Merrill, Ph.D." <<A HREF="mailto:dcmerrill@mindspring.com">dcmerrill@mindspring.com</A>></li>
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<li><em>Date</em>: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 16:29:09 -0400</li>
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<li><em>Cc</em>: "Michael Smith" <<A HREF="mailto:smith@xml-doc.org">smith@xml-doc.org</A>>, <<A HREF="mailto:ldp-discuss@lists.linuxdoc.org">ldp-discuss@lists.linuxdoc.org</A>></li>
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From: "jdd" <jdanield@dodin.net>
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> Le mer, 25 oct 2000, David Lloyd a <20>crit :
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> in summary, there is no need of a simplified docbook DTD, there is only
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> the need of a simple word processor (I think some peoples are already
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> working on this), may be giving as an option a "simple" or an "expert"
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> mode.
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Amen, brother. If you want to use a simple set of tags, you can stick to a
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small subset of DB and get away with it. However, once we get to the point
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of doing more intensive indexing, DB has the additional tags to support it.
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Hopefully, we will be doing things *soon* that will outgrow LinuxDoc. I'm
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sure planning to.
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> It is important not thinking about tags or formats, but in terms of
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> tools. the rtf has a really awfull source code, however most word
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processor
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> can generate it.
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> we should, may be, set up a lobby to have ANY word processor support
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> docbook!
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Excellent point! It is also important to realize that no word processor will
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really do much to make sure you use the tags wisely and appropriately. No
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word processor can reasonably be expected to know what is a
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<programlisting>, what is a <filename>, what is a <command>, or what is a
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<note>. Only an intelligent markup author can do those things.
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What a word processor, or text editor (e.g., Emacs w/ psgml) can do is make
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sure your DB is *valid*. But that is a far cry from making sure your DB is
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actually *correct* or *useful*.
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Perhaps the best thing we can do to help new markup authors (whether they
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are actual HOWTO authors or separate volunteers) be immediately productive
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is to list and document (via links to DB: TDG) the minimum set of tags that
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a LDP document *must* have. This would be a far smaller set of tags than the
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