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Started by R._VanDyke
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:42
Built FM DITABook (made FM binaries) -- how do I get back to XML?
Author: R._VanDyke
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:42
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:42
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For FrameMaker 8 DITA. I gen'ed apparently "clean" binaries from DITA XML -- now how do I gen "clean" DITA XML from the binaries? BACKGROUND I created a bunch of DITA topic files as .xml, then assembled them in a DITA map file. Next, I used Build FM DITABook from DITA map file to export those XML files as a binary (or if you prefer, "classic") FrameMaker book containing a list of ".xml.fm" binary (a.k.a. "classic chapter") files. I then proceeded to edit those binary files, closely conforming to DITA tag structure to create a FrameMaker book and constituent binary topic files that validated and gen'ed without error. Finally, I used Save As to save those .fm chapter files as XML. (Actually, FM8 for some reason wants to export them as ".xml.xml" files...) THE PROBLEM * When I save the .fm files as XML, FrameMaker reports an error the essence of which is "Root element different from DOCTYPE". * FrameMaker also reports the same error if I open a given .xml file then Save the file back into itself. * If I then re-open the file that contained the error, FrameMaker does not report an error. That is to say that it seems that Open-ing and Save-ing the XML file "cleans" the error out of the file. So, is there any way to go directly to "clean" XML without performing the intermediate Open/Save operation? Cheers & thanks, Riley
Re: Built FM DITABook (made FM binaries) -- how do I get back to XML?
Author: Scott_Prentice
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:12
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:12
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Hi Riley... Sorry, but this is not the intended use of these files. :) It *can* be done, but it's a fair amount of work. Any content revisions should be made in the source files, then generate a new book. The generally accepted "best practice" for maintaining a book for easy updating is described here .. <http://kb.leximation.com/dfm/?kbid=4> Cheers! ...scott
Re: Built FM DITABook (made FM binaries) -- how do I get back to XML?
Author: Michael_Mueller-Hillebrand
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:22
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:22
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Another description of the processes was published by Scriptorium: <http://store.scriptorium.com/items/books/framemaker-8-and-dita-technical-reference-detail.htm> - Michael
Re: Built FM DITABook (made FM binaries) -- how do I get back to XML?
Author: systecgmbhnuremberg
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 08:45
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 08:45
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Hello Mr. Van Dyke, you might try the following: Rather than having the topics in XML, combining them into a map and turning the map into FM, you could have a book with chapters (=structured .fm-files) and insert the XML topics by conref This is analogue to using text insets in non-structured files. The advantage of this is having the topics as .xml (=validation, granularity, reuse) and an FM book (=generated lists a.s.o) at the same time. If you need to be on the pure xml path, you might try out the "DITA-Services" of SYSTEC. This is a plugin pack that * adds static or dynamic files to a book according to a configuration file * sets variable values, text condition visibility status and PDF metadata information according to a configuration file * localizes formats, reference pages a.s.o semi-automatically. This way you could go from xml + map>FM-Book without Title, TOC a.s.o>FM-Book with Title, TOC and all other bells and whistles >PDF. Feel free to inquire at info@systec-gmbh.com With kind regards, Franz. [SYSTEC - the document processing company.] <http://www.systec-gmbh.com/sites/toolbox.php> <http://www.systec-gmbh.com/sites/ditapack.php> <http://www.systec-gmbh.com/sites/3dpack.php> ____________ |Schreiberhauer Str. 5 |D-90475 Nuernberg - Germany |Phone +49 911 998955-625 |Fax +49 911 998955-663 |e-Mail info@systec-gmbh.com |Internet: www.systec-gmbh.com |Redaction, Translation: www.systec-td.de |ePublishing, Solutions: www.systec-it.de ____________ |CEO: Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Georg Eck, Dipl.-Btw. (FH) Manfred Papp |Amtsgericht N๏ฟฝrnberg HRB 9369 |Umsatzsteuer-Identifikationsnummer DE 133560519
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