[xsl] advice/experience to share on content format options

[Terence Kearns <terencek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi there, I will be working on a project to create a website from some 
large MS Word files (books). I plan on using XML/XSLT so that I can 
change the layout/design post facto (make it skinnable).

I'd like to know if anyone can share some experience on the best way to 
prep MS Word content for XSL processing.

On of the options I'm looking at right now is loading it up in 
OpenOffice and then using the DocBook export filter to manually convert 
the content to simplified DocBook (which I know very little about at 
this stage). Open Office also allows me to export to XHTML.

I realise this may depend on the way the Word document is prepared, but 
since I haven't got a copy yet, I'm hoping it will use Word's structural 
capabilities -- ie. sections/chapters whatever.

Thanks in advance.


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Terence Kearns ~ ph: +61 2 6201 5516
IT Database/Applications Developer
Enterprise Information Systems
Client Services Division
University of Canberra
www.canberra.edu.au


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