<html><head></head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Nadine is correct I saying that the transition to XML would be massive, in that you would need to learn XML, create or standardize/accommodate your document styles to a DTD like DocBook. And then create a transformation template to convert your current documents to XML.</div><div><br></div><div>It's not impossible, I've done it in two companies.</div><div><br></div><div>You do not have to use DITA </div><div><br></div><div>In all it's a big job and the setup and education would take a significant amount of time and effort.</div><div><br></div><div>It's not something to do without time to do it.</div><div><br>On Dec 3, 2011, at 20:31, Writer <<a href="mailto:generic668@yahoo.ca">generic668@yahoo.ca</a>> wrote:<br> </div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Wow. Big question. But here's a nutshell kind of answer...<br></span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>Yes,
you can author in XML in FM 10. DITA XML in particular. You can create
PDFs from DITA XML files by saving your ditamaps or bookmaps to FM
files, and then create a PDF. Or you can create a PDF from your ditamap
if you've been able to format everything as required in your EDD.</span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>Alternatively,
you can use other tools to create PDFs such as DITA Open Toolkit (aka
DITA OT) or WebWorks ePublisher. Here's an article from Scriptorium,
which is a bit old now...tools have advanced since it was written, but
it will give you an idea of some of the challenges you face creating
PDFs from DITA XML:
<a href="http://www.scriptorium.com/whitepapers/dita2pdf/index.html">http://www.scriptorium.com/whitepapers/dita2pdf/index.html</a><br></span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>The major issues are that you would have to convert your unstructured FM files to </span><span>XML.
If you create other outputs besides PDFs, you'll need to figure out the
best way to do that. Etc...quite a large undertaking.</span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>A simpler solution would be to find a different translation company that CAN handle your unstructured FM files.</span></div><div><br><span></span></div><span>Nadine<br></span><div><br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Michael Norton <<a href="mailto:michael.norton@oracle.com">michael.norton@oracle.com</a>><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> <a href="mailto:framers@lists.frameusers.com">framers@lists.frameusers.com</a> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Saturday, December 3, 2011 10:47:26 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Frame
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--></style><div><div class="yiv125033600WordSection1"><div class="yiv125033600MsoNormal">Our company will be translating some manuals from English to Japanese. The translation service only accepts HTML and XML input and outputs the result in those same formats. I am currently using Frame 7.2. I understand Frame 10.0 works in XML. </div><div class="yiv125033600MsoNormal"> </div><div class="yiv125033600MsoNormal">I realize you can’t give me an absolute answer, but how easy would it be to pull the translated output (in XML format) back into Frame for publishing as PDFs?</div><div class="yiv125033600MsoNormal"> </div><div class="yiv125033600MsoNormal">Are there any major issues with taking this approach?</div><div class="yiv125033600MsoNormal"> </div><div class="yiv125033600MsoNormal">Thanks.</div></div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br><br><br>You are currently subscribed to framers as <a ymailto="mailto:generic668@yahoo.ca" href="mailto:generic668@yahoo.ca">generic668@yahoo.ca</a>.<br><br>Send list messages to <a ymailto="mailto:framers@lists.frameusers.com" href="mailto:framers@lists.frameusers.com">framers@lists.frameusers.com</a>.<br><br>To unsubscribe send a blank email to<br><a ymailto="mailto:framers-unsubscribe@lists.frameusers.com" href="mailto:framers-unsubscribe@lists.frameusers.com">framers-unsubscribe@lists.frameusers.com</a><br>or visit <a href="http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/generic668%40yahoo.ca" target="_blank">http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/generic668%40yahoo.ca</a><br><br>Send administrative questions to <a ymailto="mailto:listadmin@frameusers.com" href="mailto:listadmin@frameusers.com">listadmin@frameusers.com</a>. Visit<br><a href="http://www.frameusers.com/" target="_blank">http://www.frameusers.com/</a> for more resources and info.<br><br><br> </div> </div>
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