Conversion Table Error: Element <NoName> comes out of nowhere

[Lester C. Smalley]

Unfortunately, giving us the EDD is relatively meaningless, because <NONAME> is a result of the conversion table being unable to completely structure the given input document.  To debug the problem, someone needs to review the content of the unstructured file and the conversion table to try to track down errors.  

To start, try the simplest possible document, even if it will NOT result in a valid file, such as one that contains just the chapter number and chapter name paragraphs.  Are they correctly tagged as the ChapterNumber and ChapterName elements and are these then wrapped in a ChapterInfo element?

Keep adding content to the unstructured file and running the conversation table against it to see that the rules in the table are indeed correct.  This is an iterative process and will take a bit of time, but you should be able to identify where the process breaks, and then can begin to address the errors in the conversion table.

As a side note, the statement "the conversion table is getting created perfectly" is meaningless, as Frame will create a CT that takes formats (e.g. paragraph tags, etc) used in the file and map them to elements, but will not add the many additional and necessary rules to wrap elements into more complex structures (such as the Procedure element in the EDD provided).

On  Friday, November 10, 2006 10:35 AM, Surbhi Singhal wrote:

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Gyanesh Talwar | ग्यानेश तलवाड <gyanesh.talwar at gmail.com>
Date: Nov 10, 2006 8:16 PM
Subject: Fwd: Conversion Table Error: Element <NoName> comes out of nowhere
To: Surbhi Singhal <surbhee at gmail.com>

Could you please send my mail to Framers.. I am unable to post.

Regards,

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From: Gyanesh Talwar < gyanesh.talwar at gmail.com>
Date: Nov 9, 2006 9:10 PM
Subject: Conversion Table Error: Element <NoName> comes out of nowhere
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com

Framers,

For a proof-of-concept, I am trying to convert a small unstructured document
to structured using conversion table and a basic EDD.

Although the conversion table is getting created perfectly, but when I apply
this conversion table to the document, the element <NoName> is getting
inserted at the top and spoiling everything.

What am I doing wrong?

The EDD is as follows:

EDD Version is 7.0
Automatically create formats on import.

Element (Container): Chapter
General rule:    ChapterInfo, (Overview, Para), Para+, (Option, Para, Procedure)+
Valid as the highest-level element.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Element (Container): ChapterInfo
General rule:    ChapterNumber, ChapterName
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Element (Container): ChapterNumber
General rule:    <Text>
Text format rules
In all contexts.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Use paragraph format: ChapterNumber
Element (Container): ChapterName
General rule:    <Text>
Text format rules
In all contexts.
Use paragraph format: ChapterName
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Element (Container): Overview
General rule:    <Text>
Text format rules
In all contexts.
Use paragraph format: Overview
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Element (Container): Option
General rule:    <Text>
Text format rules
Element paragraph format:
In all contexts.
Use paragraph format: Option
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Element (Container): Procedure
General rule:    NumberedIntro,Step1,Step+
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Element (Container): NumberedIntro
General rule:    <Text>
Text format rules
In all contexts.
Use paragraph format: NumberedIntro
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Element (Container): Step1
General rule:    <Text>
Text format rules
In all contexts.
Use paragraph format: Numbered1
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Element (Container): Step
General rule:    <Text>
Text format rules
In all contexts.
Use paragraph format: Numbered
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Element (Container): Para
General rule:    <Text>
Text format rules
In all contexts.
Use paragraph format: Body

Regards,
Gyanesh Talwar
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"Bunbu Itchi"

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