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Title: XML Content Authoring For the Rest of Us

Author: Trippe, Bill Article Type: Product Analysis
Source: Intelligent Enterprise, v9 n2 p16(1) Publication Date: Feb 2006
  ISSN: 1524-3621
URL of Publication: http://www.intelligententerprise.com

The area of XML authoring is undergoing major changes, including an increase in vendors and products. Users can now take advantage of lightweight XML authoring tools that can be installed as browser controls and plug-ins. Newer companies, including Ephox and Extron, first brought out these thin-client tools and now established vendors such as Blast Radius and Arbortext are doing the same. Authoring has a different model and different look and feel with browser-based tools. The thin clients look and act like simple word processing applications instead of the menu- and tag-heavy thick clients from the past. Now users can tag via a small palette of font and style changes. Therefore, a straightforward document such as a letter, when properly formatted, can easily be tagged with the correct XML attributes and elements. The increasing XML capabilities of Microsoft Word have also contributed to important changes in XML authoring. Utilizing Microsoft Office Word 2003 XML Toolbox, programmers can allow users to create, edit and save Word documents in an XML format. Still another new thread in XML authoring is the emanation of XML-based electronic forms known as e-forms. Such offerings allow developers to build electronic forms that capture information in the context of XML metadata.

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