Re: Server-based (hosted) documentation and user comments (DocBook?)
On Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:49:55 -0400, "Shuttleworth, Roger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >There is an open-source DITA-to-wiki project under way that >claims to be able to round-trip between DITA (hence structured >Frame or XML editor) and wiki. See > http://development.lombardi.com/?p=68 >I have not used it, so cannot comment on its capabilities. That's very interesting! Thanks, Roger! In that case, the OP may want to check out Mif2Go, which provides top-notch conversion from UNstructured Frame to DITA 1.1, the current version of the standard. The free unlimited demo version, and the docs in many formats (including DITA), are available at: http://www.omsys.com/dcl/download.htm Note that Mif2Go is *way* less expensive than other possible options for getting to DITA from unstructured Frame docs. If you have structured Frame docs that are already set up for DITA instead, Mif2Go can still help, but in that case you should also look at DITA-FMx: http://www.leximation.com/dita-fmx/ Either way, going from DITA to/from wiki sounds like a very good way to go. While DocBook is a lot older, DITA can do everything DocBook can, and much much more. For a discussion on that point, see: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/dita-users/message/12132 HTH! -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.omsys.com/ ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: Server-based (hosted) documentation and user comments (DocBook?)
There is an open-source DITA-to-wiki project under way that claims to be able to round-trip between DITA (hence structured Frame or XML editor) and wiki. See http://development.lombardi.com/?p=68. I have not used it, so cannot comment on its capabilities. Regards, Roger Shuttleworth London, Canada -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael O'Neill Sent: October 31, 2008 3:16 PM To: Crimmin, Peter; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Server-based (hosted) documentation and user comments (DocBook?) One additional note, MoinMoin wiki can be configured to allow users to output content as/via/through (not sure of the right terminology) DocBook. I haven't explored this yet to see whether that's HTML output or PDF output (or both). This is something I'd like to know more about, as to me it would be pretty compelling for us to take care of the source->wiki workflow and let users generate their own PDFs on demand from the wiki, if they so desire. -Michael -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Crimmin, Peter Sent: Friday, October 31, 2008 7:49 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Server-based (hosted) documentation and user comments (DocBook?) [cross-posted to TECHWR-L mailing list] Can anyone recommend technologies to do the following: * Hosted documentation, available on the internet as a web service. * Each doc topic allows users to add comments. (e.g. "Here's a better example to do this task...") * Management tools to moderate user comments, and to handle documentation updates (retaining the comments). * Authoring tools to produce said documentation. The open source community exploits these technologies. How do they do it? I have an inkling for a solution: FrameMaker>DocBook>ePublisher? Thanks for your ideas ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/moneill%40meta-comm. com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/roger_shuttleworth%40tvworks.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: Server-based (hosted) documentation and user comments (DocBook?)
One additional note, MoinMoin wiki can be configured to allow users to output content as/via/through (not sure of the right terminology) DocBook. I haven't explored this yet to see whether that's HTML output or PDF output (or both). This is something I'd like to know more about, as to me it would be pretty compelling for us to take care of the source->wiki workflow and let users generate their own PDFs on demand from the wiki, if they so desire. -Michael -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Crimmin, Peter Sent: Friday, October 31, 2008 7:49 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Server-based (hosted) documentation and user comments (DocBook?) [cross-posted to TECHWR-L mailing list] Can anyone recommend technologies to do the following: * Hosted documentation, available on the internet as a web service. * Each doc topic allows users to add comments. (e.g. "Here's a better example to do this task...") * Management tools to moderate user comments, and to handle documentation updates (retaining the comments). * Authoring tools to produce said documentation. The open source community exploits these technologies. How do they do it? I have an inkling for a solution: FrameMaker>DocBook>ePublisher? Thanks for your ideas ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/moneill%40meta-comm. com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: Server-based (hosted) documentation and user comments (DocBook?)
One possible workflow would be: FrameMaker-> ePublisher-> Wiki (MoinMoin, MediaWiki, something else?). Wiki would allow users to add comments, enhance topics as they see fit. However, I don't think there is a workflow for round-tripping. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Crimmin, Peter Sent: Friday, October 31, 2008 7:49 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Server-based (hosted) documentation and user comments (DocBook?) [cross-posted to TECHWR-L mailing list] Can anyone recommend technologies to do the following: * Hosted documentation, available on the internet as a web service. * Each doc topic allows users to add comments. (e.g. "Here's a better example to do this task...") * Management tools to moderate user comments, and to handle documentation updates (retaining the comments). * Authoring tools to produce said documentation. The open source community exploits these technologies. How do they do it? I have an inkling for a solution: FrameMaker>DocBook>ePublisher? Thanks for your ideas ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/moneill%40meta-comm. com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
