Adopting XML: Slide 33

Adopting XML: Tomorrow's Web

Who will write DTDs

Very specialised documents, technically demanding to write.
For most purposes, suitable DTDs will quickly become available.
Most Web authors will never write a DTD.
Large organisations with special documentation requirements may write DTDs.
Corporations which sell word-processors will probably write DTDs.
Corporations which sell WYSIWYG Web authoring tools will certainly write DTDs.
- In future, there will be much less distinction between a word processor and a Web authoring tool.
Communities of interest with special technical needs will certainly write DTDs.

Author: Simon Brooke