Sec: Unclassified - New contributions without docbook

[Sean Wheller]

On Tuesday 18 October 2005 05:07, Jerome Gotangco wrote:
> It's also worth mentioning that if a contribution is written in OOo 2
> ODT format, it can be easily exported to DocBook. Attached is a sample
> output I ripped from our wiki and transferred to OOo and exported to
> Docbook XML.
>
> What does this mean for us? If a contributor sends in ODT, we export
> to DocBook and check for validity. Barrier #1 closed.


The barrier is greater than you think. The export to docbook will not give you 
the same neat and tidy docbook you have now. Team will spend many hours 
fixing formats.

OOo is a WYSIWYG editor. You will find that it is all to easy for authors to 
use features of the editor that have everything to do with formatting and 
layout.

I suggest that you will need to ensure that contributors use a limited 
template and apply some rules to what they can and can't do. Otherwise, it 
will be hard work.


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