There is much talk about the “Holy Grail” in document assembly. As those who have seen “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” or more serious students of the Arthurian Romance (as opposed to those who have read “The DaVinci Code”, the Holy Grail is a “chalice” or “cup” which held the blood of the real Christ, was kept as a holy relic by the church for centuries and then was lost to history. During the middle ages, knights went on quests to “find” and “recover” the Grail. The Grail was never found. But the “search for the Grail” filled up thousands of pages of literature, and the hunt for the Grail kept thousands of knights diverted in a quest that kept them from seeking to overthrow corrupt monarchies.
In the world of document assembly, one vendor has claimed to have achieved “the Holy Grail”. The technology will not be available till late in 2007. When it is, we will review it. The question is not whether the Grail can be found, but whether it will be the “solution”.