Hi everyone,

You might remember that a few weeks ago I asked about FM vs AT.  I got some 
REALLY good information which is now all in a huge spreadsheet that I will make 
available when it is complete.  Many thanks to all of you who provided all that 
great information.

Now I have another question, almost as complicated.  Structured FM can work 
with both OASIS XML standards: DocBook and DITA.  But which one is the better 
standard to use?  Or does it make any difference?  One of our divisions in 
Japan has decided on AT with Docbook 4.2 because it is what one of our OEM 
customers use.  They want us to do the same.  We would rather use FM, but are 
undecided on which standard to use.

According to Adobe, <http://www.adobe.com/products/framemaker/pdfs/revguide.pdf>
FM 7.2 supports DocBood 4.1 and xDocBook 4.1.2.  Does anyone know if it 
supports later versions such as 4.2?  I found info on the OASIS website that 
says the latest verion they support is 4.4, and other information that says 
there is a least a verion 5.0 of DocBook. 

Thanks everybody!

Diane Gaskill
Hitachi Data Systems

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