This is a quick post outlining my views on why XML is useful in print production (and ebook workflows). I've written them here so I don't end up sounding like a broken record on twitter.
- XML gives you the ability to easily repurpose for web and eBooks
- XML frees you from reliance on one program - you can move between Quark and InDesign, for example, without the need to use conversion plug-ins and programs (important because we don't know what the future holds)
- XML means less time using InDesign, which might mean you need to buy fewer software licences (and machines powerful enough to run it)
- XML is less likely to be corrupted in the same way InDesign files can be
- XML files demand less storage space
- Creating XML files first gives you greater control over the cleanliness of the code
- It is no more effort to tag with XML than it is to style in Word and import Word into InDesign or to apply styles in InDesign, especially with automated (GREP/Macro) processing of text
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