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[Alan Spencer]

In message <s36f14c2.031 at rnib.org.uk> David writes:

> ...
> From a single source document, marked up in XML, we
> need to produce 4 output transforms, braille, large print, html
> and typeset.
> 
> Additionally, we want (for local use) to be able to 'create'
> 'document type' (our own definition).
> 
> Question: Should we be using the doctype as the switch,
> or an input to the output processing application (perhaps as
> a command line option).
> 
> ...
> Regards, DaveP
> dpawson at rnib.org.uk
> 
I would also be interested in an answer to this question as I am developing
a similar system.
Also, I have a similar question: Is it possible to have
a system where if a particular entity is required for rendering a 'document'
that it may be included from a master document. This question comes from
a problem (which I have solved very inelegantly using perl) which involves
many levels of document definition.
The system I have in place let's you define (currently through HTML)
properties of a whole set of documents, for example the background colour,
or maybe keywords, and a set of sets. I have implemented this as a tree
of documents where properties are inherited down from parent to child.
The system is very hacky and not too robust.

I could see XML being very useful in these (and many other) problems, and
for this reason I am trying to implement it using it. I think this may be a
question which concerns DSSSL and some sort of 'parent linking', but I'm
not familiar enough with the way these work to say.

Thanks,
Alan Spencer.

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