Flare vs DITA

[Shmuel]

Flare vs. Frame with DITA-FMx sounds like a toss-up. I assume you are familiar with Frame, since you are asking on this list, so why start with something new?

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On 13-Apr-15 8:20 PM, Gillian Flato wrote:
> Thanks everyone.
>
> Sorry I wasn’t clear. I’ve used DITA for about two years authoring with Oxygen and EasyDITA. I outsourced my script writing to a third party. That’s the problem with DITA. To get the docs and help to look professional, you have to outsource script writing and that’s expensive.
>
> I was looking for cheaper alternatives. I have used DITA-FMx and I may go that route.
>
> I just wanted to know of Flare was a better alternative to structured Frame with DITA-FMx
>
> Thanks
> Gillian
>
>
>> On Apr 13, 2015, at 9:08 AM, Robert Lauriston <robert at lauriston.com> wrote:
>>
>> You can write topics with any tool, but Flare sort of forces you to,
>> since the source is one file per topic (at least down to some heading
>> level).
>>
>> Flare templates are extremely customizable.
>>
>> On Sun, Apr 12, 2015 at 12:52 PM, Gillian Flato <gill6034 at comcast.net> wrote:
>>> How does Flare compare to DITA? It seems like you get all of the advantages of topic-baesd authoring, without having to have someone write scripts for you. Has anyone tried modifying their templates? How easy or difficult is that. How is their help file making product?
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