Re: XHTML 2.0
by Christopher Higgs <chiggs(at)unimelb.edu.au>
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Wed, 09 Oct 2002 16:37:29 +1000 |
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Michael McKee <mikemckee(at)cablespeed.com> |
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At 11:07 AM 8/10/2002 -0700, Michael wrote:
>I just spent the last couple of weeks buried in Framemaker. My boss
>thought that since I can use Pagemaker I should replace the guy who
>produced our manuals. FYI they're very different animals.
*ROFL* This has to the understatements of the week :-)
>Anyway, what I came out with was an XML file that produced output that the
>print department was happy with and the same material up on our intranet
>with little extra trouble. This was my first real exposure to XML and I'm
>seriously impressed.
Content management and re-use is certainly the next step in the evolution
of website design. The big organisations have been doing this for a couple
of years now.
>But I'm going to go out on a limb and say that what we've all learned of
>web design is starting to become less and less relevant in the marketplace.
Not out on a limb at all - just an accurate assessment IMO.
Chris Higgs
Manager, New Learning Technology
ILFR, University of Melbourne
http://www.landfood.unimelb.edu.au/
Phone: +61 3 8344 9749 Fax: + 61 3 9348 2156
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