Framemaker 10 and DITA

[Scott Prentice]

Hi Kat...

There's absolutely no reason you can't create PDFs and JavaHelp from 
DITA authored in FM10. Whether DITA is right for you is a completely 
different issue. Lots of people are happily using DITA with FM10 and 
producing various types of output.

I'm not sure if you're questioning using FM10 with DITA or the use of 
DITA at all.

If PDF is one of your deliverables, then FM(whatever version) is 
certainly an ideal choice for authoring/publishing tools. To get 
JavaHelp from DITA, you can use any number of tools .. RoboHelp, Flare, 
or the DITA-OT .. the fact that you're using FM to author the DITA files 
has no bearing on the tool you use to generate the output in this case.

If you're looking for more opinions on FrameMaker and DITA, you might 
try posting to the framemaker-dita Yahoo group.

Cheers,

...scott

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



On 5/9/12 9:17 AM, Katrina Owens wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am currently evaluating a number of tech auth apps required to 
> produce PDF and context-sensitive Javahelp through single sourcing. 
> Whilst a very wise person has advised to disregard DITA, I was 
> wondering if anyone has any experience of deploying this option with 
> Framemaker 10?
>
> Thanks,
> Kat
> -- 
>
> Best regards
>
> Katrina
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