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  <config param="rcsdate" value="$Date: 2007/10/24 10:49:54 $"/>
  <config param="footlink" value="contact" altval="Contact"/>
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  <head>
    <title>What's SilkPage?</title>
    <summary>An XML based Publishing Framework for Web</summary>
    <keywords>markup, web standards, W3C, XML, XSL, CSS, XHTML</keywords>
  </head>

    <para>
      SilkPage is an <acronym>XML</acronym> based Web publishing framework 
      that has evolved from the 
      <ulink url="http://docbook.sourceforge.net/">Docbook Website</ulink>. 
      With strong foundations in XML, it is a publishing framework with a 
      focus on web standards and usability. SilkPage provides a framework for 
      publishing structured and standard compliant websites in 
      XML. It is particularly suited to publish personal
      <olink targetdoc="liveSites">websites</olink>, though it is by no means 
      limited to them. <olink targetdoc="docs">Learn more</olink>
    </para>

    <variablelist>
      <title>
	Key Features
      </title>
    <varlistentry>
      <term>Content Management</term>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          <acronym>XML</acronym> based content management.
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
      <term><acronym>WaSP</acronym> Compliant</term>
      <listitem>
        <para>
           Web Standards compliant <acronym>XHTML</acronym> output. 
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
      <term>Accessibility</term>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          SilkPage is developed with accessibility and usability in mind.
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
      <term>Separate Presentation Model</term>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Customization via <acronym>XSL</acronym> and <acronym>CSS</acronym> customization layers.
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>

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    <title>Worth Reading</title>

    <variablelist>
      <varlistentry>
	<term><ulink url="http://silkpage.markupware.com/dist/docs/0.2/ug-html-chunk/faq.html"><acronym>FAQ</acronym></ulink></term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>
	    Includes FAQ about installation, Customization and Usage
	  </para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry id="phenix">
	<term><ulink url="http://www.dixite.com/docs/phenix/">Phenix Case Study</ulink></term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>
	    Cover a website make-over using SilkPage
	  </para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>
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