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Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] Frame to Docbook XML
Yes, a Frame conversion table can add structure to a flat Framemaker document. Bob Stayton Sagehill Enterprises DocBook Consulting bobs@sagehill.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "martin jakubik" <martin.jakubik@solsoft.com> To: <docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org> Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 1:54 AM Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] Frame to Docbook XML > Hi Bob, this is an interesting idea, but I thought this was impossible > to automate using FrameMaker alone. My questions below. > > >which is installed under your FrameMaker 7 directory. You have to create > >conversion tables to map your FrameMaker styles to DocBook elements and > >attributes. Once you create the conversion tables, you apply them to as > >many files as you have that use those FrameMaker styles. Then you can use > >the FrameMaker DocBook XML application to save as DocBook XML. > > > > > From my very modest experiments with FrameMaker XML, the output > generated by FrameMaker is "flat". Ie., you can get something along the > lines of: > > <heading1> > title text > </heading1> > > <para> > para text > </para> > > <para> > para text > </para> > > <heading2> > title text > </heading2> > > ...etc. > > Stylesheets will have difficulty converting this to a > hierarchical-ownership structure. The hard part is created correct child > sections, and re-inserting figures or tables that are "owned" by > paragraphs, and so on. As far as I know, using FrameMaker's conversion > tables to map "Heading2" to "title" will not give FrameMaker enough > information to create a level-2 <section> under the current level-1 > <section>, rather than ending the current level-1 <section> and starting > a new level-1 <section>. > > This is why I suggest using WebWorks Publisher macros, if available, to > "remember" the current position in the document to output the correct > DocBook structure. > > However, I trust your advice, so I might be missing something. Is the > "FrameMaker DocBook XML application", really made to handle the above > problem? > > martin > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: docbook-apps-unsubscribe@lists.oasis-open.org > For additional commands, e-mail: docbook-apps-help@lists.oasis-open.org > > >
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