[Framers] FrameMaker to DITA xrefs

[Scott Prentice]

Hi Rick...

The import/export client may be expecting attributes or internal 
metadata set on that node that you're not including when you create the 
<fm-xref> by whatever means you're doing that (since that's a 
"temporary" element). The fm-xref is created (from an xref) by the 
import/export client on XML open, and converted back to xref on write 
back to XML. I'll bet there's something it's setting when it's created 
that you're not able to easily see.

Probably best to use <xref> anyway, and set the @format or @outputclass 
to the cross-ref format name so it'll do the proper fm-xref conversion 
after it's been written to DITA.

Cheers,
...scott


On 12/10/18 12:02 PM, Rick Quatro wrote:
> 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
>
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> 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
>>
>> Rick Quatro
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