Hi Wim, 

the new FM 12 XML Author tool would create book files, but only xml
files for chapters inside etc. 

So your authors could work with this tool. It looks like this is want
you want (any DTD would work). 
Publishing would be done afterwards with a regular FM (not necessarily
FM 12). 

best regards - Tino H. Haida, Berlin 

Wim Hooghwinkel - idtp: 

> I'll redefine my question: 
> for a specific use case I'm investigating the option of using a docbook book 
> file to let my client edit and maintain their docbook-based xml files in a 
> book-like setting. Analog to the ditamap. 
> Now when I open a docbook book file in FM, FM converts it directly to a FM 
> book. All XML files are converted to fm files. That's not what I want. 
> I want the author to be able to open the docbook book file as XML, be able to 
> edit the individual linked XML files and eventually save the complete book as 
> FM book for publishing. 
> 
> So my question to current docbook FM users: has one of you found a solution 
> for this, maybe a script or a way of working that resembles the topic based 
> approach of DITA maps? 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Vriendelijke groet / Kind regards,
> 
> Wim Hooghwinkel
 
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