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New Web format creates richer electronic documents from multiple data sources.
The Extensible Markup Language standard was just finalized, but a new breed of document managment tools based on XML's neutral format for structured data is already set to debut.
Interleaf, Inc., in a co-development agreement with Microstar Software, Ltd., plans to release an NT server-based product called BladeRunner by yearend. BladeRunner is a desktop publishing tool that turns nearly any document into XML format. This provides a high degree of flexibility, proponents claimed. "Once you have it in XML, you can generate it as HTML or Word...