[Framers] DTDs and EDDs (was Re: Another Simple Structured App)

[Lynne A. Price]

C2,

    XML documents do not require DTDs unless attributes have default 
values or the documents use entities. (Note: FrameMaker uses entities to 
represent a book in XML.) FrameMaker can create an EDD from a DTD or a 
DTD from an EDD. The former is useful if your starting point is XML that 
uses a DTD; the latter is useful if you have an EDD and want to create a 
DTD.

   A structured application specifies the pieces you need to work with 
XML (or SGML). Such pieces can include an EDD, a template, XSLT 
transforms, and read/write rules. You may be able to create a DTD before 
you define a structured application, selecting <No Application> in the 
pop-up menu in the Use Structured Application dialog box that the 
Structure > DTD > Save as DTD command brings up.

     --Lynne

On 4/6/2022 2:58 PM, cuc tu wrote:
> ... I'm stuck with creating the DTD. I follow the instructions here to make the EDD and then the next section is to create the DTD, but FrameMaker complains there is not structured App. This feels like a chicken and egg issue.

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