At 01:12 PM 7/12/2006, Joe Malin wrote: >I have chosen to start with DocBook rather than DITA, just because I've >worked in structured Frame with a DTD that was based on full DocBook. > >...
>I have already written some production docs in unstructured FM 7.1, >sticking like glue to my own standardized templates for *everything* >(including equations!). My initial thought is to convert these >unstructured docs to structured by crafting an EDD based on the >unstructured templates. Joe, The approach of designing an EDD based on the unstructured templates is quite reasonable. No reason for such an EDD to be even a subset of DocBook, although using element names that are compatible with those you've worked with in the past is also sensible. --Lynne Lynne A. Price Text Structure Consulting, Inc. Specializing in structured FrameMaker consulting, application development, and training lprice at txstruct.com http://www.txstruct.com voice/fax: (510) 583-1505 cell phone: (510) 421-2284