Hi Diane,

I'll preface this with the fact that I haven't seen WordPerfect's XML
editor. I couldn't find any good details online about it, so it may do
the same things that XMetal does, only in a different interface. Here's
my case for XMetal or another XML-specific program.

My supervisor is also having some challenges with XML and EAD, and using
XMetal has been really helpful for him. The biggest plus to a program
like XMetal is that it was designed specifically to work as an XML
program, so aspects like the element library and the attribute inspector
act as reference guides and are really good tools. Plus, the ability to
view the finding aid through a stylesheet (with or without visual tags)
and in code with syntax-coloring will help A LOT in gaining a better
understanding of EAD and XML. I would HIGHLY recommend anyone who finds
EAD a challenge to use an XML-specific program (XMLSpy and Stylus Studio
are other options).

Best,
Jennifer
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Subject: XMetal vs. Word Perfect

Good morning,

A colleague and I are working on implementing EAD, which we are 
finding quite a challenge.  I would be interested in hearing opinions 
as to the advantages and disadvantages of using XMetal 4.6 vs. Word 
Perfect 12 software for encoding.

Thanks,
Diane


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