STC meeting last night: XML!
Well, we were all pretty curious about this topic, so a lot of people showed up to hear what Steve Blair had to say. While I'm still a bit confused as to the general purpose of XML for tech writers, I do know much more about XML now than I did before. Steve tried to keep the talk simple, despite the fact that he's also a programmer and could have really confused most of the room if he had gone into how he writes all of his own code. I would like to hear from someone who's using a tool like ArborText or Webworks to produce XML. All and all, a good presentation which proved that if you have the knowledge, you can produce XML with the tech writing equivalent of stone knives and bear skins.