[Framers] Flare

[Robert Lauriston]

By some definitions, XHTML is structured, but as a practical matter,
from a tech docs viewpoint, compared with DITA or DocBook, it's very
free-form. You're formatting text much as in unstructured FrameMaker.
You don't get nearly as many validation errors about "this tag can't
be used here."

MadCap marketing people work overtime to blur the distinction between
XHTML and DITA. And in fact Flare gives you many of the benefits of
DITA or DocBook with less overhead.

On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 10:40 AM, Eichelberger, Mark (King of Prussia)
<Mark.Eichelberger at fiserv.com> wrote:
> I guess it depends on what you describe as structured authoring.   Based on my understanding of structured authoring per the DITA style guide, structured authoring is "a standardized, methodological approach to content creation incorporating systematic labelling, modular, topic-based architecture, constrained writing environments, and the separation of content and form".   I do not consider myself an expert in this area, but based on that description, I believe Flare falls into that category.
>
> Mark
>
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> Flare isn't structured. The topic source is XHTML.
>
> On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 9:58 AM, Eichelberger, Mark (King of Prussia) <Mark.Eichelberger at fiserv.com> wrote:
>> As others have mentioned, it depends on your experience.  We were using unstructured Frame, so going from that to structured, topic-based authoring was a bit of a jump, let alone learning a new application too.  I am sure if you were already working with structured authoring, CSS, etc., you could adapt to Flare quickly.