XML Output from FrameMaker not Pure XML?

[Scott Prentice]

Hi Jan...

What you were told is not true. XML created by Frame is as "pure" as  
that created by any other XML editor. Whoever told you that was  
misinformed.

Frame is a bit more work to set up for authoring XML since you need to  
create a structure application (unless one already exists for your XML  
model). But unlike other XML editors, once you're set up for authoring  
you can publish to PDF very easily. It's basically front-loading the  
publishing effort.

Whether Frame is the right XML editor for your needs is a whole  
different question. It sounds like you might want to do a bit more  
research.

Cheers,

...scott


On Feb 14, 2010, at 7:09 AM, Jan Whitacre wrote:

> I was told that the XML output from FrameMaker was not “pure  
> XML,”...that it
> adds some kind of FrameMaker tagging. That was the rationale for a  
> company I
> interviewed with to move from FrameMaker to MadCap Flare?
> I am interested in making sure I use the best tool for XML output.
>
> Thanks for all responses!
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