"Real Life" Migration to Structured Doc

2006-02-01 Thread Marcus Carr
Rick Quatro wrote: > I agree with Marcus's excellent post, but one thing to consider on the > above point: even if you hire it out, try to learn as much about each > process, especially if you can devote some time to it. In today's job > climate, it pays to learn as much as you can about XML an

"Real Life" Migration to Structured Doc

2006-02-01 Thread Marcus Carr
Dominick A. DeFlorio wrote: > We must move to structure to meet our future XML goal, but are > unfamiliar with both the transition and method to do so. We are also > unfamiliar with the possibilities and cost involved. We are merely > looking at all of the possibilities and the long term value fo

"Real Life" Migration to Structured Doc

2006-02-01 Thread Bernard Aschwanden
ameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+bernard=publishingsmarter@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Marcus Carr Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 6:12 PM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: "Real Life" Migration to Structured Doc Dominick A. DeFlorio wrote: > We

RE: "Real Life" Migration to Structured Doc

2006-02-01 Thread Bernard Aschwanden
y over 20 emails to me) I'll send a quick note to the list. Bernard Bernard Aschwanden Publishing Technologies Expert Publishing Smarter [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.publishingsmarter.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marcus Carr S

Re: "Real Life" Migration to Structured Doc

2006-01-31 Thread Marcus Carr
Rick Quatro wrote: I agree with Marcus's excellent post, but one thing to consider on the above point: even if you hire it out, try to learn as much about each process, especially if you can devote some time to it. In today's job climate, it pays to learn as much as you can about XML and relat

"Real Life" Migration to Structured Doc

2006-01-31 Thread Rick Quatro
> Items a) and c) will cost you money, but it's well spent. Do it properly > from the start and you'll only do it once - try to do it on the cheap and > you can spend the money next time around. I've seen it more times than I > could count in the 15 years that I've been involved with SGML and XM

Re: "Real Life" Migration to Structured Doc

2006-01-31 Thread Rick Quatro
Items a) and c) will cost you money, but it's well spent. Do it properly from the start and you'll only do it once - try to do it on the cheap and you can spend the money next time around. I've seen it more times than I could count in the 15 years that I've been involved with SGML and XML conve

RE: "Real Life" Migration to Structured Doc

2006-01-31 Thread Marcus Carr
Dominick A. DeFlorio wrote: We must move to structure to meet our future XML goal, but are unfamiliar with both the transition and method to do so. We are also unfamiliar with the possibilities and cost involved. We are merely looking at all of the possibilities and the long term value for our

RE: "Real Life" Migration to Structured Doc

2006-01-31 Thread Anita Legsdin
riginal Message- Message: 9 Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 10:31:43 -0500 From: "DeFlorio, Dominick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: "Real Life" Migration to Structured Doc To: "Combs, Richard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> C

"Real Life" Migration to Structured Doc

2006-01-31 Thread Anita Legsdin
ge- Message: 9 Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 10:31:43 -0500 From: "DeFlorio, Dominick" Subject: RE: "Real Life" Migration to Structured Doc To: "Combs, Richard" , Message-ID: <1D00652A8556DD43BAC6BB855F67225707290BAB at ppmail.plugpower.com> Con

"Real Life" Migration to Structured Doc

2006-01-31 Thread DeFlorio, Dominick
-bounces+dominick_deflorio=plugpower.com at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+dominick_deflorio=plugpower.com at lists.frameusers .com] On Behalf Of Paul Nagai Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 11:51 PM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: "Real Life" Migration to Structured D

RE: "Real Life" Migration to Structured Doc

2006-01-31 Thread DeFlorio, Dominick
PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] .com] On Behalf Of Paul Nagai Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 11:51 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: "Real Life" Migration to Structured Doc If you search google groups for the following: Comparison of XML tools for writing documents You

Re: "Real Life" Migration to Structured Doc

2006-01-30 Thread Paul Nagai
If you search google groups for the following: Comparison of XML tools for writing documents You will find a techwr-l conversation from about a year ago that might be helpful. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] To un

"Real Life" Migration to Structured Doc

2006-01-30 Thread Paul Nagai
If you search google groups for the following: Comparison of XML tools for writing documents You will find a techwr-l conversation from about a year ago that might be helpful.

"Real Life" Migration to Structured Doc

2006-01-30 Thread Steve Rickaby
At 8:05 am -0600 30/1/06, Spreadbury, David wrote: >Take a look at Scriptorium (http://www.scriptorium.com/). Sarah O'Keefe, >and her associate Sheila Loring, literally, wrote the book (The Complete >Reference: FrameMaker 7). They provide both training and consulting in >the use of FrameMaker, str

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2006-01-30 Thread Andrew Becraft
Hi Dominick, I second Richard's question about your underlying assumptions (why is XML a goal in and of itself?). That said, if you're committed to structured authoring and want a reasonably inexpensive solution, I'd strongly recommend that you take a look at DocFrame from Scriptorium (Sarah O

Re: "Real Life" Migration to Structured Doc

2006-01-30 Thread Andrew Becraft
Hi Dominick, I second Richard's question about your underlying assumptions (why is XML a goal in and of itself?). That said, if you're committed to structured authoring and want a reasonably inexpensive solution, I'd strongly recommend that you take a look at DocFrame from Scriptorium (Sarah

"Real Life" Migration to Structured Doc

2006-01-30 Thread DeFlorio, Dominick
Combs, Richard Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 10:17 AM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: "Real Life" Migration to Structured Doc Dominick DeFlorio wrote: > We are still trying to decide which direction to take toward > structuring our document collection. &g

"Real Life" Migration to Structured Doc

2006-01-30 Thread Rick Quatro
Hi Dominick, I would look at both products with the assumption that your documentation is already structured. In other words, the process of converting to structure will not last forever, so you want to find out which product works best for you once everything is structured. Once you determine

"Real Life" Migration to Structured Doc

2006-01-30 Thread Combs, Richard
Dominick DeFlorio wrote: > We are still trying to decide which direction to take toward > structuring our document collection. > Due to financial constraints, I am ambivalent about > committing to a tack that may not enable us to become > self-sufficient. However, I am still open to it. >

"Real Life" Migration to Structured Doc

2006-01-30 Thread Spreadbury, David
dbury=tellabs.com at lists.frameusers.co m] On Behalf Of DeFlorio, Dominick Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 6:44 AM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: "Real Life" Migration to Structured Doc We are still trying to decide which direction to take toward structuring our document

"Real Life" Migration to Structured Doc

2006-01-30 Thread DeFlorio, Dominick
We are still trying to decide which direction to take toward structuring our document collection. About two months ago, I posed a question to FrameUsers requesting opinions on the best approach for migrating to structure and received much valuable feedback. I have been researching the possibilit

RE: "Real Life" Migration to Structured Doc

2006-01-30 Thread DeFlorio, Dominick
: "Real Life" Migration to Structured Doc Dominick DeFlorio wrote: > We are still trying to decide which direction to take toward > structuring our document collection. > Due to financial constraints, I am ambivalent about committing to a > tack that may not enable us to

RE: "Real Life" Migration to Structured Doc

2006-01-30 Thread Combs, Richard
Dominick DeFlorio wrote: > We are still trying to decide which direction to take toward > structuring our document collection. > Due to financial constraints, I am ambivalent about > committing to a tack that may not enable us to become > self-sufficient. However, I am still open to it.

RE: "Real Life" Migration to Structured Doc

2006-01-30 Thread Steve Rickaby
At 8:05 am -0600 30/1/06, Spreadbury, David wrote: >Take a look at Scriptorium (http://www.scriptorium.com/). Sarah O'Keefe, >and her associate Sheila Loring, literally, wrote the book (The Complete >Reference: FrameMaker 7). They provide both training and consulting in >the use of FrameMaker, str

Re: "Real Life" Migration to Structured Doc

2006-01-30 Thread Rick Quatro
Hi Dominick, I would look at both products with the assumption that your documentation is already structured. In other words, the process of converting to structure will not last forever, so you want to find out which product works best for you once everything is structured. Once you determine

RE: "Real Life" Migration to Structured Doc

2006-01-30 Thread Spreadbury, David
30, 2006 6:44 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: "Real Life" Migration to Structured Doc We are still trying to decide which direction to take toward structuring our document collection. About two months ago, I posed a question to FrameUsers requesting opinions on the

"Real Life" Migration to Structured Doc

2006-01-30 Thread DeFlorio, Dominick
We are still trying to decide which direction to take toward structuring our document collection. About two months ago, I posed a question to FrameUsers requesting opinions on the best approach for migrating to structure and received much valuable feedback. I have been researching the possibilit