Using XML markup on this project did not feel like a drastic change in pace for me. My writing process usually involves creating an outline and then fleshing it out with detail until it’s almost the prose that will be in the final product, so in a way, using a markup language was very similar to this only with the addition of some extra technical formatting.
The development of the schema as a class had both its pros and cons. By composing the schema as a group, a good portion of the preliminary work I would do in structuring the assignment was already done. However, at times I felt the thought I wanted to express had to be slightly contorted to fit into the rigid structure we had created.
