Managing Product Documentation

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Abstract

This case study shows how the product documentation for a large manufacturer of plumbing parts is managed using XML. The way XML supports the granular reuse of content and helps to manage translation into two other languages is highlighted.

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»Batch Composition, »Case Studies, »Component Management, »Content Management, »Content Reuse, »Custom Publishing, »Documentation, »Electronic Publishing, »Formatting, »Markup, »Metadata, »Printing, »Publishing, »Repository, »Translation Management, »XM L, »XML Publishing.