Elchanan: I'll just quickly add that you can move to structured FrameMaker without using DITA. The relationship between the two is that structured FrameMaker supports XML (i.e., in FrameMaker, you can define your document like it is an XML file and optionally export it to XML), and DITA is a standardized XML definition (i.e., the structure is already defined for you; you work with the DITA file the same way you'd work with any structured document, but you have to follow the standardized hierarchy of elements, already-defined tags and attributes). So if you move to structured FrameMaker, you can define your own structure or you can use DITA.
Fei Min Lorente -----Original Message----- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Writer Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 5:07 PM To: Framers; VLM TechSubs Subject: Re: Structured FM and DITA You'll probably get a tonne of advice, so I'll keep mine brief. I found this book really useful when I was getting started: Introduction to DITA: A User Guide to the Darwin Information Typing Architecture (http://www.comtech-serv.com/dita2.shtml#book). FrameMaker 9 handles DITA better than FrameMaker 8 (I think I saw you ask a question before about FM 8). I don't know if FM 10 has any advantages over FM 9 for DITA authoring. Finally, consider what your output needs are and what tool best suits your needs and budget. I've been using WebWorks ePublisher to create CHM help, Web help, and now PDFs from DITA. It handles DITA nicely. There are other tools, too, like Dita2Go and DITA Open Toolkit, but I don't know a lot about them. Nadine --- On Wed, 1/26/11, VLM TechSubs <TechSubs at VibrantLivingMinistries.org> wrote: > From: VLM TechSubs <TechSubs at VibrantLivingMinistries.org> > Subject: Structured FM and DITA > To: "Framers" <Framers at Lists.FrameUsers.com> > Date: Wednesday, January 26, 2011, 4:36 PM > Hi everyone, > > Thinking here about moving from unstructured FM to > structured, and I realize > that I don't know what DITA even is, how it is related to > structured FM, > etc. I would be grateful for pointers in the direction of > good, introductory > reading in these topics, particularly DITA. Does not have > to be > Frame-specific, I'm interested in understanding a bit about > the whole > concept and mechanism. > > Thank you kindly, > Elchanan > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as generic668 at yahoo.ca. > > 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/generic668%40yahoo.c a > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. > Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and > info. > m > _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to framers as feimin.lorente at onsemi.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/feimin.lorente%40ons emi.com Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
