[Framers] import xml into FrameMaker 12?

[Scott Prentice]

Thanks Lin.

DITA-FMx can help you get FM files from DITA XML, although it's really 
intended as a replacement for the built-in DITA support in FM.

Bjørn .. when you say "convert and publish xml files into FM 12," what 
do you mean? Does your client want to convert the XML files into FM 
files and stop using the XML files as the source? Or do they want to use 
FM as the authoring tool for the XML files? (Or something else?)

In order to open/edit an XML file in FM you need a structured 
application designed specifically for the model in the XML files. If 
these XML files are a common standard (DITA, DocBook, ??), you can 
likely use one of the available structure applications to open those 
files. If not, then you'd first need to develop the structure application.

Once you have a structure application that lets you open the files, you 
can ..

- edit and save back to the original XML model (basically letting you 
edit the XML files in FM),
- or you can save those files to an FM binary file (letting you author 
in the structured FM interface, but not using the XML files any more),
- or you can take those structured FM files and strip the "structure" 
from them (resulting in unstructured FM files)

Depending on the end goal, those are the basic processes. So the first 
thing you want to do is to clarify the end goal, and to figure out what 
XML model is used by the files. If it's DITA (or DocBook), you're in 
good shape. If something else, you've got a bit of effort (or cost) 
involved to develop a structure application.

Here's the docs on structure application development (see the like-named 
section) ..

     http://www.adobe.com/devnet/framemaker.html

If you'd like someone to make the structure application for you, I'd be 
happy to help .. contact me off-list.

Cheers,
...scott



On 5/26/16 5:21 AM, Lin Sims wrote:
> DITA-FMx is an excellent plugin that will let you convert the XML into
> structured Frame. Scott is on the list and is very, very helpful.
>
> On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 8:11 AM, Studio Smalbro <studio at smalbro.dk> wrote:
>
>> I have a customer asking me to convert and publish xml files into
>> FrameMaker 12. I usually do a lot of stuff in FrameMaker Unstructured (I
>> have the Technical Communication Suites), but my knowledge of structured
>> publish is less solid. I would like to be able to help my customer out on
>> this. Is there a good introduction as to how to get started using
>> structured FrameMaker? Or can anybody offer advice as to how to handle the
>> xml files.
>>
>> Best regards
>> Bjørn
>>
>>
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