Re: Editor that is easy to use, generates XML under the hood, and supports tables?

On 5/27/2023 11:33 AM, Roger L Costello wrote:
> Hi Folks,
> 
> Okay, I convinced my sponsor that specifications should be written in a way that they can be processed by software. More specifically, I convinced my sponsor that, under the hood, specifications should be in an XML format. My sponsor said, "Okay, fine .... provided, (1) there is a non-geeky editor that is easy for the specification writer to use, (2) the specification writer is unaware that the editor is generating XML under the hood, and (3) the generated XML is easy to understand. One more thing, (4) the editor MUST support tables."
> 
> Peter Flynn wrote:
> 
>> That is a sort of holy grail: that users will be able to create and
>> maintain their document in meaningful XML without knowing
>> they are doing it.
> 
> Eek!
> 
> Did I mislead my sponsor by recommending that specifications be written in a way that can be processed by software?
> 
> /Roger

A specification written in Word can be processed with XML techniques as 
I posted earlier.  The hard part is that the document has to be written 
with a lot of discipline - basically it has to conform to a schema even 
if it isn't an XML schema - and I don't think that's realistic to ask 
for in general.


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