Re: [NTG-context] Separate layout and content XML files?

2010-11-12 Thread Peter Davis
On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 11:34 PM, Aditya Mahajan adit...@umich.edu wrote: On Thu, 11 Nov 2010, Peter Davis wrote: I want to process documents from two separate XML files. One XML file defines the layout of the page ... placement of text boxes, fonts to use ... even placeholder text. The

Re: [NTG-context] Separate layout and content XML files?

2010-11-12 Thread Martin Schröder
2010/11/12 Peter Davis p...@pfdstudio.com: Is that clear? It's called database publishing. :-) Best Martin ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist :

Re: [NTG-context] Separate layout and content XML files?

2010-11-12 Thread Peter Davis
On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 7:55 AM, Martin Schröder mar...@oneiros.de wrote: 2010/11/12 Peter Davis p...@pfdstudio.com: Is that clear? It's called database publishing. :-) Exactly. (Or sometimes variable data printing ... VDP.) I guess the layout XML file would basically be used to

Re: [NTG-context] Separate layout and content XML files?

2010-11-12 Thread Hans van der Meer
On 12 nov 2010, at 14:17, Peter Davis wrote: On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 7:55 AM, Martin Schröder mar...@oneiros.de wrote: 2010/11/12 Peter Davis p...@pfdstudio.com: Is that clear? It's called database publishing. :-) Exactly. (Or sometimes variable data printing ... VDP.) I guess

Re: [NTG-context] Separate layout and content XML files?

2010-11-12 Thread Peter Davis
On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 8:39 AM, Hans van der Meer h.vanderm...@uva.nlwrote: On tlcontrib.metatex.or I placed a series of ConTeXt modules under title hvdm. Perhaps these are useful as a working example of how to separate various elements of xml-typesetting. Hope this helps. Hans van der

[NTG-context] Separate layout and content XML files?

2010-11-11 Thread Peter Davis
I want to process documents from two separate XML files. One XML file defines the layout of the page ... placement of text boxes, fonts to use ... even placeholder text. The other XML contains the actual content that gets placed into that layout. Is this possible? Anyone have any examples of

Re: [NTG-context] Separate layout and content XML files?

2010-11-11 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Thu, 11 Nov 2010, Peter Davis wrote: I want to process documents from two separate XML files. One XML file defines the layout of the page ... placement of text boxes, fonts to use ... even placeholder text. The other XML contains the actual content that gets placed into that layout. You