Best Approach to Structure

[Daniel Emory]

> On 12/5/05, DeFlorio, Dominick
> <Dominick_Deflorio at plugpower.com> wrote:
> >
> > What is the best approach to learning how to
> structure Frame documents?  I
> > need to learn quickly how to create and implement
> EDDs into many and varied,
> > unstructured Frame documents. 
> Suggestions...links?
The individual who asked for help says he wants to:
"learn quickly how to create and implement EDDs into
many and varied unstructured Frame documents."

His initial challenge is not to learn about EDDs, it's
to:

1. Analyze the the "many and varied" structures in his
unstructured docs and the extent to which para and
character tags can be feasibly be mapped to some
coherent structural hierachy. If the paratags in the
unstructured docs are not consistently applied, and/or
if those docs use many different templates, each
having different paratags, or if there are numerous
instances of one-to-many relationships (i.e., a single
paratag in different contexts must be mapped to many
different elements), then the chances of success are
nil.

2. Assuming that the docs successfully meet the
requirements in step 1, he must next learn how to
effectively use conversion tables. But to exploit the
capabilities of conversion tables, the user must now
visualize the hierarchical structure of the converted
documents. This visualization must be constrained by
the limits imposed (primarily) by the unstructured
docs' paratagging scheme(s). Structure rules should
then be written for each defined element that will
appear in the conversion tables. Although it's
desirable to do this in a rudimentary EDD, it' not
absolutely necessary to do so at this point.



Dan Emory & Associates
FrameMaker/FrameMaker+SGML Document Design & Database Publishing
DW Emory <danemory7224 at sbcglobal.net>