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Article: Bridging the gap between SGML and HTML: the potential of XML for technical communicators. (eXtensible Markup Language)(Technology Reviews)(Column)
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- Technical Communication
- Article date:
- August 1, 1998
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For technical communicators working in a networked environment, a new technology can now make developing, maintaining, and reusing structured documents easier than ever before. XML (eXtensible Markup Language) offers the advantages of both HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) and SGML (Standard Generalized Markup Language) by combining SGML's power and flexibility with HTML's ease of use, allowing you to easily create your own markup language that meets practically any technical communication need.
What's key for technical communicators is that XML provides a tool that lets you use skills you already have. For example, as technical communicators, you've spent incredible ...