Xml editors?

[Scott Prentice]

Hi Steve...

Yes .. this should theoretically work fine. A couple issues ..

- Depending on the "free XML editor" they may not be able to make 
effective use of DITA features (like conrefs, keyrefs, etc.), but if 
they are just creating basic content it should be fine.

- Be sure that the DOCTYPE declaration in the DITA files they create 
contains a Public ID that matches that defined in the FrameMaker 
structured application definitions file. The best thing would be for you 
to copy the header from a file that you've created in FM and let them 
use that as the "template" (or if the editor provides a way to define 
the topic template, you can modify it to be something that works for you).

Cheers,

...scott



Steve Nelson wrote:
>
> Hello,
> I'm using FM10 and the dita 1.2 templates.
>
> There are several members of our engineering team who would like to be 
> able to contribute content to our user guides. Is it possible to let 
> them use free XML editors to build xml topics, so that I can then 
> incorporate those topics into my manual building process in Framemaker?
>
> Thank you.
> Stephen Nelson
> Technical Writer
> Ameritherm, Inc./Ambrell
> 39 Main St.
> Scottsville, NY 14546
> snelson at ambrell.com
> 585.889.0288 (office)
>
>
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