Hi Steve...
Yes .. this should theoretically work fine. A couple issues ..
- Depending on the "free XML editor" they may not be able to make
effective use of DITA features (like conrefs, keyrefs, etc.), but if
they are just creating basic content it should be fine.
- Be sure that the DOCTYPE declaration in the DITA files they create
contains a Public ID that matches that defined in the FrameMaker
structured application definitions file. The best thing would be for you
to copy the header from a file that you've created in FM and let them
use that as the "template" (or if the editor provides a way to define
the topic template, you can modify it to be something that works for you).
Cheers,
...scott
Steve Nelson wrote:
Hello,
I'm using FM10 and the dita 1.2 templates.
There are several members of our engineering team who would like to be
able to contribute content to our user guides. Is it possible to let
them use free XML editors to build xml topics, so that I can then
incorporate those topics into my manual building process in Framemaker?
Thank you.
Stephen Nelson
Technical Writer
Ameritherm, Inc./Ambrell
39 Main St.
Scottsville, NY 14546
[email protected]
585.889.0288 (office)
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