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Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] DocBook with InDesign for PDF
On 12 Mar 2007, at 8:43 PM, Hendy Irawan wrote: > Dear DocBook experts, > > Has anyone had experience with DocBook and Adobe InDesign CS2? > > It seems relatively easy to make "dynamic" (XML-based) business cards > using InDesign but since DocBook is a very complex language I'm not > exactly sure if this is doable. > > If "rendering" DocBook documents in InDesign seems unapproachable, > maybe we could use InDesign merely as a design tool for FO stylesheet? > > I found this from RenderX: > http://www.renderx.com/tools/inx2fo.html > > It can convert InDesign document to FO... which may be useful to aid > designing the FO stylesheet? But again, due to DocBook's XSL-FO > stylesheet complexity.... this gives me the creeps also. > > Please advise or share your experiences... Thank you. > > -- > Hendy Irawan > Web: http://hendy.gauldong.net > Mobile: +62 856 24889899 > Yahoo Messenger: ceefour666 > LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/ceefour http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/indesign/sdk/explodedSDK/ cs.01/docs/references/sdk/group__xdocbookworkflow.html Introduction A plug-in that adds in features to the existing XML capability of InDesign to support rich, cross media workflows. It provides a mechanism for resolving media references in imported XML and placing in-line graphics referenced within the XML, along with converting between InDesign native tables and XML-based tables. It is set up to work with XML written in Simplified DocBook XML ---- Disclaimer: I haven't tried it myself but might help with what you're trying to do. Johan Martin Catenare LLC 534 Pacific Ave San Francisco, CA. 94133 Phone: (415) 834-9802 Fax: (415) 294-4495 http://www.catenare.com AOL: catenarellc Yahoo: martin_johan GTalk: catenarellc@gmail.com MSN: catenarellc@hotmail.com FreeWorldDialup :716798 - http://www.freeworlddialup.com/ Gizmo Project: 747-627-9132 - http://www.gizmoproject.com/ Skype: catenare http://www.skype.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/catenare
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