Automating a Check for TradeMarks

[Scott Prentice]

Hi Joseph...

I'm not aware of such a plugin. It's possible that one of the 
terminology checking or language validation tools might be able to do 
this. Have you tried the (free) SDL Author Assistant for FM9?

    http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=4357

I've not played with this yet so don't really know.

If you do need such a plugin developed, I'd be glad to do it for you.

Cheers,

...scott

Scott Prentice
Leximation, Inc.
www.leximation.com
+1.415.485.1892



Joseph Lorenzini wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am producing documentation using unstructured FrameMaker 9. I 
> produce over 22 documents, which equals close to a thousand pages of 
> complex material.
>
> Here's my issue.
>
> I am the sole tech writer for the product that I document. My company 
> follows the Agile SDLC. This means I am publishing documentation every 
> six weeks to two months. Due to the amount of documentation and the 
> aggressive deadlines, I am running into an issue with trademarks. My 
> company has very specific guidelines for how its TM and third party 
> TMs are presented in the documentation. If the legal format  for the 
> TMs is not followed precisely, then QA writes a bug against the 
> documentation. This requires me to modify the documentation and 
> republish the documents.
>
> On the one hand, this is not a usability issue. No end user will care 
> or even notice this issue because the technical accuracy of the 
> documentation is not impacted. On the other hand, it is a big deal 
> from a legal perspective. My company has  specific legal guidelines 
> and they must be followed.
>
> Its my responsibility to ensure that the documentation conforms to 
> those guidelines. At the same time, I know that considering the 
> complexity of the TM issue, how minor of a change can cause a 
> violation of the standard, and that I am the only one writing, 
> editing, and managing the documents, that things are bound to slip 
> through the cracks.
>
> So here's my question: is there a plugin that will  automatically 
> check the documentation for conformance to trademark standards?
>
> Please note that I am not interested in FrameScript.
>
> -- 
> Sincerely,
>
> Joseph Lorenzini
>
>
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