InDesign as a replacement for Framemaker

[Michael Müller-Hillebrand]

Am 12.09.2008 um 00:17 schrieb Peter Gold:

> Hi, Dov:
>
> On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 3:37 PM, Dov Isaacs <isaacs at adobe.com> wrote:
>> To be very clear, although designed as a replacement for PageMaker,  
>> InDesign
>> was certainly not designed by Adobe to be a "replacement for  
>> FrameMaker."
>>
>> Yes, over time a number of FrameMaker features have been  
>> incorporated into
>> InDesign, but unless you are using none of FrameMaker's structured  
>> features
>> (support for XML and DITA), and conditional text, equations, etc.,  
>> InDesign
>> won't satisfy your needs.
>
> InDesign's XML abilities are used in database publishing and other
> automated workflows. It also works with DTDs. Can you comment the pros
> and cons of FM's XML support vs. ID's XML support?

Both products can be used to *publish* XML documents, with differences  
in details.

Only FrameMaker provides a validating *authoring* environment for long  
XML-structured documents.

- Michael


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