XML Output from FrameMaker not Pure XML?

[Kevin Farwell]

Hello,

Not true, but first is the problem of pure XML. It's been a while 
since I used Flare, but I recall it wrote only XHTML and elements in 
its own namespace.  As XML should be extensible, I'd say Flare, while 
what its storages format is indeed pure XML, is not purely an XML 
authoring tool. It's a Flare authoring tool. (Please, no flaming. 
Flare is a pretty sharp tool, but the question is about XML 
authoring.)

Scott Prentice is right. FrameMaker makes XML as pure as can be. The 
problem is users can make big mistakes by not paying attention to how 
their XML gets saved. I believe such inattention is the source 
FrameMaker's reputation as an XML editor, and it's a bad rap. Xmetal 
and Arbortext Editor will always write XML, but they can also mess up 
your files pretty well if you aren't keeping an eye on them.

Kevin

>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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