XML in the publishing world

Today end users of all types expect more information, better presentations, and faster response times. Yet a critical issue today is also cost. To create documents, reuse the information contained in them, design and implement increasingly more complex and sophisticated documents - all this must be...

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Published in:AIIM E - Doc Magazine 2003-09, Vol.17 (5), p.14
Main Author: Poe, Stephen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Computer peripherals
Design
Documentation
End users
Extensible Markup Language
Insurance policies
Product development
Product lines
Publishing
Publishing industry
Software
Trends
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Summary:Today end users of all types expect more information, better presentations, and faster response times. Yet a critical issue today is also cost. To create documents, reuse the information contained in them, design and implement increasingly more complex and sophisticated documents - all this must be done in an efficient and cost-effective manner. According to a recent ZapThink report, producers of content in the enterprise spend over 60% of their time locating, formatting, and structuring content and just 40% of their time actually creating it. One answer to alleviate this problem is XML. By 2008, about 60% of all content lifecycle products will be XML-enabled. A look is taken at how these issues can be solved using XML in two very different types of electronic printing and publishing: 1. Traditional publishing - Documents that are created and then used by many different end users; for example: books, magazines, documentation, and reports. 2. Transactional publishing-Documents that are created and meant to be used by only a single end user; for example: individualized transaction-based documents, such as credit card bills, insurance policies, bank statements, and brokerage statements.
ISSN:1942-5910