Dokiel vs XMetaL Author
Dokiel
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| Figure | Dokiel | XMetaL Author |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | €35/mo | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 2 | 1 |
| Spec score · Help Authoring Tools | 9.3 (#1) | 6.9 (#21) |
| Purpose | Dokiel creates technical documentation and training media. | XMetaL is an XML editor for structured authoring that uses standards including DITA to help teams create, collaborate on, and reuse content. |
| Support | Scenari provides documentation, tutorials, community training, a forum and access to service providers for assistance. | XMetaL lists a North America support phone number and a Vancouver, British Columbia office for JustSystems Canada, Inc. |
| Target users | Dokiel is intended for technical writers and trainers at software editors, manufacturers, IT management teams and support services. | XMetaL Author Enterprise is for authors creating valid XML content using DITA or other XML architectures. |
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In their own words
Dokiel
Dokiel is a free authoring tool for technical documentation and training media. It can produce user guides, tutorials, installation guides, specifications, reference websites, e-learning modules and self-assessments. Authors organize content into reusable pieces such as concepts, operating processes, interactive screens and synoptic trees. A single source can be published as PDF, web content or SCORM, and updates to reused pieces propagate to documents that use them. Variables, conditions, profiling and skins let teams adapt content and visual identity. Dokiel supports writing, review and validation in a client-server environment, and uses XML standards to store and exchange content. It can run on an organization's infrastructure or be hosted by a service provider. Options include the Dokiel desktop application, SCENARIchain or the MyScenari desktop application and service. MyScenari online production is available to Scenari association members, and it permits only Opale, Dokiel and OptimOffice document models.
XMetaL Author
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