Note that the DocBook XML DTD provides a "Question and Answer Set" (quandaset)
hierarchy that can be used to capture the content and logical structure of
a FAQ (see below).
Adding an "Export to DocBook XML" enhancement to the FAQ-O-Matic would enable a
snapshot of a FAQ to be generated in a presentation-neutral form. That content
could then be re-used/included in the source for other documents, transformed
into other delivery formats (PDF, man pages, Microsoft HTML Help), etc.
Example:
<qandaset>
<qandadiv>
<title>XML Support</title>
<qandaentry>
<question>
<para>How can you get the structured content of your FAQ out,
and into some form other than HTML or text?...</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>There is an unrefined internal OO API...</para>
<address>
<email>jonh@cs.dartmouth.edu</email>
</address>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
</qandadiv>
</qandaset> |