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Re: Rules on my PalmOS handheld



--- In piecepack@yahoogroups.com, "boardgamesbook" <dhohls@c...> 
wrote:

> As for the issue of creating XML; at work I have had to teach non-
> technical people with minimal computing skills (and, no, I don't 
> include using Word as a "skill") how to create XML for websites... 
I 
> would far rather have had do that than to have shown them HTML, for 
> example!  The available tools for creating XML are many and varied -
> right from a simple text editor (notepad, vi, whatever) to full-
blown 
> commercial packages... and increasing every month - enough to cater 
> for almost anyone's taste.  A number of the more substantial 
> offerings include direct support for DocBook (which is why I 
> suggested it), and this is fast becoming almost the 'de facto' 
> standard for document-orientated XML.  

If there are easy to use free editors, this might be possible. A 
conversion program, rather like Acrobat's PDFWriter, would be even 
better.
 
> As I said in the previous email, I am happy to offer some time and 
> effort to get this process going, as I believe it will "add value" 
to 
> the piecepack system - please excuse the "biz speak"!

OK. I have an open mind. I'm interested to see what you come up with.

-- 
Iain