Sorry Satya - I am late to the party (discussion). A really good web
based XML (docbook, DITA and generic) editor would be really nice.
A few of the desktop XML editors (XMetal and Arbortext Editors)
endeavored to create a web-based generic web-based editor with
limited success.
Just Systems is still marketing their product XMAX and it looks
promising but unfortunately it only runs on a Windows-based server
(not good).
There is another editor called XOpus that looks pretty promising as
well. I have played with this one a little and it looks pretty good
but lacks some of the functionality that is needed for the non-XML
savvy author/editor and it crashes when using Mozilla which makes it
a non-starter for most environments.
I think that an editor that can used in a content management (I am
using this loosely) system such as Drupal would be very appealing.
There is an XML module for displaying XML in Drupal but nothing
that provides a structured editing environment.
Good luck and I look forward to hearing more about your project
as it moves forward!
Betty
<quote who="satya komaragiri">
Hello,
I apologize for the delay in reply.
On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 12:33 AM, Matthew Daniels <danielsmw(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> Satya,
>
> A docbook XML editor, especially web-based as you propose, could
> definitely
> be useful for the docs team. I don't think it would totally eliminate
> the
> need to know XML, but it doesn't need to. Just giving a way for
> contributers
> to write content without having to learn a rich markup language would
> probably mean we could recruit more people and get things done faster.
>
Very true, that is the motivation behind this project.
> Keep us updated on your progress!
Sure!
2009/3/22 Yaakov Nemoy <loupgaroublond(a)gmail.com>:
> I've also found that for some people (myself included) that having
> WSYWIG
> and XML side by side can work as a good on the job learning aid. You
> could
> certainly market it as away for beginners to get used to working with
> XML.
>
> -Yaakov
Yes, that's true. These kind of tools usually have a source view as
well where you can edit the XML itself real time. And see the changed
back in the wysiwyg view. These can help people relate to the XML and
its corresponding wysiwyg window
2009/3/22 Toshio Kuratomi <a.badger(a)gmail.com>:
> What are you going to integrate with? Zikula? Meediawiki?
>
> -Toshio
By integrate I meant we could host it on the Fedora Docs website and
allow it to interact with the CVS. An approval module can also be
implemented to ensure the quality of the documentation. Its just an
editor that can be added anywhere in the page. So it could be added to
the normal flow of any framework.
On the other hand, this tool can also be used an application on a
system which will then primarily become a UI alternative to vim and
PSGML on emacs.
Mediawiki will require a wiki format parser. But we are looking for
docbook in this case. Fedora docs + Zikula + Docbook editor would be
optimal.
2009/3/22 Karen Schneider <kgs(a)esilibrary.com>:
> I almost wrote that in my earlier post, and concur with Yaakov. Being
> able
> to see the code is also good for diagnostics (for both the human and
> machine
> editors).
>
> If you need people to contribute comments about why this would be
> valuable,
> feel free to contact me.
Thanks Karel, That will be very useful to build up my case.
Regards,
Satya Komaragiri
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