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Looking for Interleaf <SGML> users, proponents, opponents, etc.

We are going to be moving some documents into a new publishing/
document managing system.  The new system maintains documents
in SGML just fine.  The problem is that it's not a very friendly
authoring environment.  The documents the new system will be
publishing will be rarely modified--hence, the lack of concern
over the new system not being friendly in authoring department.

Our original plan was to get the documents into Interleaf
(the three sites that will be using the new system already have
the hardware and software installed) and write/buy/borrow some
software to apply SGML tags to the documents.  These documents
are not very complex.  A total of 1000 pages.  All mostly
standard header, lists and paras, with a few tables.

It was suggested that we look at authoring the documents in
SGML in the first place to avoid having to write/buy/borrow
some software to post-process filter/apply SGML tags.  We threw
out the idea of SoftQuad's and ArborText's products because of the
cost and time constraints of having to install another
intermediate and temporary platform.

But, what about Interleaf <SGML>?  Supposedly it's only a $500
add-on (not including the necessary $12000 toolkit).  Talking
with the reps, it sounds like a groovy deal.  I'm looking for
real-life experience with the product before I can begin to
recommend this option to everyone.  I'd like to know how easy
and reliable it is for authoring SGML documents.  What if our
DTD changes 6 times between now and the date when we try to
move the SGML instances to the new system.  How much work is
to going to be to update the tags in Ileaf<SGML>? 

I could ask another 100 questions, but if I don't close this
will be far to long of a note for anyone to bother reading...

-tcvz
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