Thanks Melanie >As for which tools are the best - how long is a piece of string? Julie, >what are your actual requirements for using XML? The software is in its infancy and will have a variable set of plugins depending on the actual implementation created, we want to have documentation that keeps up with the changing environments that will be created. We are only guessing that the answer will lie with XML since that would allow intelligent inclusion of the parts and reusable parts within parts. And extensibility - we're incredibly optimistic as you can see. The software is already heavily into XML because it is creating metadata so everyone will be au fait with it in general. I'll start to pursue the idea of finding a consultant. Julie ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ************************************************** ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************