atw: Re: Wanting advice about Word, Framemaker or other for XML

Julie,

Some other questions to ponder, which will have a bearing both on the
kind of consultant you might want and on the ultimate solution:

o  How complex is the system being documented (i.e., how big is your
ultimate configuration management problem, and how much will it cost you
to use manual maintenance functions)?

o  How large is the organisation (i.e., in terms of budget you can allow
for your solution - assuming that the solution is cost-effective)?

o  What in-house skills do your people have (i.e., in terms ability and
availability for implementing open source solutions vs outsourced
packages)?

XML authoring solves one set of problems - and will make component
management easier.

XML content management automates many of the configuration management
possibilities enabled by XML authoring.

Good luck.

Bill Hall

Documentation Systems Analyst
Head Office, Engineering
Tenix Defence
Williamstown, Vic. 3016
Phone: 03 9244 4820
Email:bill.hall@xxxxxxxxx
URL: http://www.tenix.com

Honorary Research Fellow
Knowledge Management Lab
School of Information Management & Systems
Monash University
Caulfield East, Vic. 3145
URL: http://www.sims.monash.edu.au/research/km/
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| [mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Julie Gibson
| Sent: Friday, 27 August 2004 5:57 PM
| To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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| other for XML
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| Thanks Melanie
| >As for which tools are the best - how long is a piece of=20
| string? Julie,
| >what are your actual requirements for using XML?=20
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| 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=20
| that will be
| created. We are only guessing that the answer will lie with=20
| XML since that
| would allow intelligent inclusion of the parts and reusable=20
| parts within
| parts. And extensibility - we're incredibly optimistic as you can see.
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| The software is already heavily into XML because it is=20
| creating metadata so
| everyone will be au fait with it in general.=20
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| I'll start to pursue the idea of finding a consultant.
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| Julie
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