[Framers] FrameMaker to DITA xrefs

[Rick Quatro]

Hi Scott,

Thanks for the reply. I am using FM 2019 with the default application. I
changed the <fm-xref> elements to <xref> before exporting and I get valid
XML. I am still not sure why the r/w rules drop <fm-xref> instead of
converting them to automatically to <xref>.

Rick

-----Original Message-----
From: Framers <framers-bounces+rick=rickquatro.com at lists.frameusers.com> On
Behalf Of Scott Prentice
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2018 12:09 PM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: [Framers] FrameMaker to DITA xrefs

Hi Rick...

Are you using the default FM DITA structure apps? Does your app definition
include the reference to the default import/export client? On export, that
client should create a proper <xref> from the <fm-xref> (hence, the drop
rule). If you remove this client from the app, you should get <fm-xref>
elements in the XML .. but that may cause other problems. If you're using
XSLT on export, it's possible that may be interfering with the expected
export process .. you might try it without the XSLT first to make sure the
basic processing is working.

Oh .. and what version of FM are you using?

...scott



On 12/10/18 8:34 AM, Rick Quatro wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I am structuring some FrameMaker content to DITA and trying to save an 
> XML file. Initially, my <fm-xref> elements were getting dropped until 
> I discovered this R/W rule:
>
> fm element "fm-xref" drop;
>
> I replaced it with this:
>
> element "xref" is fm cross-reference element "fm-xref";
>
> Now I get the <xref> elements, but they are invalid because they look 
> like
> this:
>
> <xref  format="FigureCaption" xtrf="FigureCaption" idref="i765173">
>
> The message I get at the FrameMaker console is this:
>
> Error at line 768, char 54, Message: expected end of tag 'xref'
>
> I am content with getting <fm-xref> elements in my output because I am 
> transforming the files with XSLT anyway, but how do I ensure that 
> these tags are properly closed? Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Rick
>
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