As interesting as the thread on XML is (and it is), the OP didn't ask anything about, or related to, XML. So we're experiencing some basic thread drift.
He's asking about moving from a technical publishing tool to a design-driven tool, but not providing any details on why, or what features he uses, or needs, or any other useful details. So other than saying that "Yes, you can do it, but unless you require something that ID offers that FM doesn't it probably isn't worth the bother," it's really difficult to go further than that. IMHO, of course. Art Art Campbell art.campbell at gmail.com "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 9:14 AM, Michael M?ller-Hillebrand <mmh at cap-studio.de> wrote: > Am 12.09.2008 um 10:44 schrieb Amnon Yaish: > >> Does ID have >> anything comparable to a FM edd ? > > > A FrameMaker EDD is: validating structure rules combined with context- > aware, automatic, ready-for-print formatting. > > InDesign has nothing like that. > > If you (just) use an EDD to format XML documents for publishing (not > editing nor authoring!), you can achieve the same effect in InDesign > (although implemented totally different) by using an XSL > transformation to add special attributes to the XML document which > instruct InDesign to select certain formats. Further thing are > possible using XML rules. But _- again -- that only applies to mere > publishing tasks. > > - Michael M?ller-Hillebrand > > > -- > _______________________________________________________________ > Michael M?ller-Hillebrand: Dokumentations-Technologie > Adobe Certified Expert, FrameMaker > L?sungen und Training, FrameScript, XML/XSL, Unicode > <http://cap-studio.de/> -- Tel. +49 (9131) 28747 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
