Hi Theresa,
although this will not help you at the moment: Structured authoring is
not like loading a new and maybe a little bit strange template from
somewhere and thats it.
It is a completely different approach of thinking.
There are tons of books about this and all of them say: Take
I think Rick is correct. Think of building small xml docs
with a particular need in mind to get an idea of what structure is about. The
infrastructure behind supporting a small xml doc is the same as for a large
document (only with fewer of each of the parts that have to be
On 8/13/2014 11:21 AM, Scott Prentice wrote:
XML for sure, and personally I'd use DITA. DITA for 3 reasons .. 1) the
implementation of DocBook support has problems, and that may cause you
trouble down the line, 2) you'll likely find more options for DITA
support in the techcomm space, and 3) I
It sounds like you need to read up on the fundamentals of DITA. Would be
more informative than what you'll likely get from this list. This is a
good place to start ..
http://dita.xml.org/book/dita-wiki-knowledgebase
Fundamentally, DITA is all about organizing your content in modular
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On 8/13/2014 11:21 AM, Scott Prentice wrote:
XML for sure, and personally I'd use DITA. DITA for 3 reasons .. 1)
the implementation of DocBook
Valence
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On 8/13/2014 11:21 AM, Scott Prentice wrote:
XML for sure, and personally I'd use DITA. DITA for 3 reasons .. 1)
the implementation of DocBook
Theresa
Going back to your original posting...
Also, my project involves converting two novellas into one ebook.
... it does not sound as if the documents you are working on are structurally
complex. Before you give yourself a lot of pain, it might be worth revisiting
the issue of whether you
