Content authoring in an XML-based and author-friendly environment

Publishers are automating the publishing streets to facilitate Printing and Publishing on Demand (PPoD). Besides the traditional hardcopy publications, a wide variety of products are added to their product line, such as Web-sites, Portfolio, leaflets, e-books, DVD, video, audio, etc. To achieve this, content should be reusable for publication on different media and platforms. Authoring content digitally already has become an integrated part of writing and a number of authoring environments are available to support the author in this process. However, to enable reusability of content in the context of a publishing street, content should be created in a medium neutral fashion. The eXtensible Markup Language (XML) allows for the separation of content and presentation, but also influences the authoring process radically. This research discusses two process models for structured conten