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InDesign does a good job with XML. It’s not perfect, but it is a very good start. InDesign allows you to import both XML and DTD files, although it does not require a DTD as QuarkXPress does.

InDesign has a raft of other cool features, such as the abilites to:

• Clone text and graphic elements.
• Map Paragraph and Character Styles to XML tags.
• Map XML tags to Paragraph and Character Styles.
• Import XML into previously formatted layouts and tables.
• View and edit the XML structure.
• Edit XML structure, including adding and editing tags, attributes, and elements.
• Tag and export XML files from your existing XML and non-XML layouts.

So, by now you might be asking, “What types of projects benefit from an XML workflow?”

The quick answer? Almost any, but mostly those that publish information stored in databases and projects that need to go from print to the web or back again!

In fact, we see that the need for repurposing print material to the web as the single biggest need for XML in InDesign. And, InDesign is almost perfectly suited to this task.