[Framers] structured content - not always called for

[Etzel, Gary]

Well, what I was trying to say is that it's relatively easy to implement literal structured authoring in FrameMaker. Once you figure out the mechanics of writing an EDD, it's pretty easy to create a simple structure that formalizes the rules that you have already been applying mentally in the unstructured world, and that can make the authoring process a whole lot easier. The broader point I was commenting on is whether DITA has become so prevalent that people who do not know about structured authoring are starting to believe that implementing structured authoring is the same thing as implementing DITA, since the two terms are often used interchangeably.


I thought your presentation was good the way it was. I wasn't trying to imply that you should change anything.


Gary

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From: Monique Semp <monique.semp at earthlink.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2016 3:39:02 PM
To: Etzel, Gary; framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: [Framers] structured content - not always called for

>  when we use the term "structure/DITA", don't we give the impression that
> structured authoring is DITA? That you can't have one without the other?
> And that's just not true. My experience is that you can easily (well,
> relatively easily) implement structured authoring in a tool like
> FrameMaker, without the overhead of a full-blown DITA implementation.

Yes!! That is exactly what my presentation is about: how to implement/adopt
some of the good things from structured authoring "and/or" DITA when you're
using other (unstructured) tools.

So perhaps a different title would better convey the focus of the
presentation?

-Monique


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