Hamilton--The Great Schema of Things

Thus early adopters of XML will most likely find the road filled with potholes, or, more accurately, not yet paved. Writing the DTDs is a time-consuming task that will generate the same sort of approval from publishing, prepress and printing company managers as training: Just do it, without asking for money or time. Furthermore, since publishing and printing is inherently a multi-party process, it is critical that the DTDs be publicly validated by bodies such as the Graphic Communications Association (GCA), which have been working on EDI initiatives for some time.