Newbie with Questions

[Kevin Rusnak]

Here is my experiment:

I want to successfully pull in XML into a structured document. I am not
interested in much else then seeing it work; and then making the process
more sophisticated after seeing it done.

So far I have a really basic 3 line Frame template that I built in the
Structured authoring environment.

1. Company Name
2. Account Rep
3. Creation Date

What I am supposed to do next? There are books that explain DTDs and
EDDs and elements and such. I realize the importance of these documents.
I am just not sure how to proceed next. This is my guess. I need to look
at my "structure" and hand code a DTD. I am guessing that this document
will then allow me to add elements to my document via the Element
catalogue.

The whole process reminds me a lot of adding cascading style sheets to
web pages on Dreamweaver...the one big difference is I can create the
style sheets in Dreamweaver. I am still not seeing a way to create the
EDD/DTD in Framemaker...without having a structure in place.

I assume this is the most basic of questions and while many of the
resources that I have looked through elaborately explain what each of
these items is, I have found very few resources that will explain how to
tie them all together as a newbie. I have begun looking through your
archives but thought that I would post the question hoping for a brief
explanation of how to proceed with my experiment.

I would really appreciate any finger pointing or explanation that anyone
has time for.

Thanks in advance.

As a side note. I love this software and I love the idea of what I am
going to eventually do with it.




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Kevin C. Rusnak
Documentation Specialist, Technical Services
 
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