Reasons to structure

[Gordon McLean]

I'm on the FM-DITA mailing list Art, and was invovled about a year or two
ago when it was just starting out. 

I still keep on top of things, but in my last place we switched to AuthorIT
as it meet our needs. My current position already has a structured
FrameMaker setup, so I've missed the chance to 'learn it hands on'. 

I'm not against structured FrameMaker, but, and I said this in the early
DITA days as well, it's a bit daunting for some people and would benefit
from a simple way to 'get into it'. I agree that DITA is probably that very
way.

G 

-----Original Message-----

You may want to look over, and play with, the FM DITA plug in. It's a
structured tool, obviously, but seems to be a rationally usable tool rather
than an entire philosophy.

Art

On 2/15/07, Gordon McLean <Gordon.McLean at grahamtechnology.com> wrote:
> "If you work in the tech industry and don't have time to learn, your 
> fate is sealed."
>
> I know what you are saying, but you are presuming that learning how to 
> use a technology is more important than learning whether or not that 
> technology is cost-effective to me in my current situation.
>
> On top of that, at the moment and to a lot of people, structured 
> FrameMaker talks the talk but -heavens to betsy- the walk looks like a
complicated one.
> When the walk is a little easier, I'll start to learn the steps. Just 
> as I did with HTML, then CSS.
>
> There is a brewing thought in here about Tipping Points but time 
> marches on..
>


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