I don't think Brandon was suggesting we continue to use OOo with DocBook.  I can attest to the poor quality of the DocBook output from OOo....

But it's a good way to start.  We can export to DocBook, then clean it up (a lot).  From that point on, we use XXE or a text editor...

Cheers,
Clinton

On 10/3/06, Ted Husted <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 10/2/06, Clinton Begin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> DocBook -- currently the choice of iBATIS.NET documentation.  It excels at
> "diffability" and multi-format including great PDF and HTML output.  But it
> fails at ease of use / familiarity and therefore participation and quick
> changes/deployment as well.  All other criteria are met but not exceeded.

DocBook with OpenOffice seems like a fair option.

One thing to watch is whether systems like XMLMind format the
underlying content in the same way. We'd want to avoid unnecessary
cruft on the checkins, so if everyone is OK with OpenOffice, that
might make for the best default editor.

The OO XML format is not the friendliest for a change log, since it
doesn't wrap lines, but it does seem like the lesser of evils.

DocBook is also compatible with systems like Maven and Forrest, should
that ever come up.

-Ted.

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