Hi Joseph... I'm not aware of such a plugin. It's possible that one of the terminology checking or language validation tools might be able to do this. Have you tried the (free) SDL Author Assistant for FM9?
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=4357 I've not played with this yet so don't really know. If you do need such a plugin developed, I'd be glad to do it for you. Cheers, ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 Joseph Lorenzini wrote: > Hi all, > > I am producing documentation using unstructured FrameMaker 9. I > produce over 22 documents, which equals close to a thousand pages of > complex material. > > Here's my issue. > > I am the sole tech writer for the product that I document. My company > follows the Agile SDLC. This means I am publishing documentation every > six weeks to two months. Due to the amount of documentation and the > aggressive deadlines, I am running into an issue with trademarks. My > company has very specific guidelines for how its TM and third party > TMs are presented in the documentation. If the legal format for the > TMs is not followed precisely, then QA writes a bug against the > documentation. This requires me to modify the documentation and > republish the documents. > > On the one hand, this is not a usability issue. No end user will care > or even notice this issue because the technical accuracy of the > documentation is not impacted. On the other hand, it is a big deal > from a legal perspective. My company has specific legal guidelines > and they must be followed. > > Its my responsibility to ensure that the documentation conforms to > those guidelines. At the same time, I know that considering the > complexity of the TM issue, how minor of a change can cause a > violation of the standard, and that I am the only one writing, > editing, and managing the documents, that things are bound to slip > through the cracks. > > So here's my question: is there a plugin that will automatically > check the documentation for conformance to trademark standards? > > Please note that I am not interested in FrameScript. > > -- > Sincerely, > > Joseph Lorenzini > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Technical Communications Suite Users" group. > To post to this group, send email to TCS-Users at googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > TCS-Users+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/TCS-Users?hl=en > -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- >