I have not done DITA with FM before, but I seem to be learning fast (despite the seeming utter randomness of related documentation - lots of reference info, lots of specific procedures, but no single "Here's the procedure to build a user guide in a DITA environment" doc). <div>
I got into a project with MindTouch at my former company, and the MindTouch people had zero experience or knowledge of FrameMaker, didn't even have a copy of the software. I don't know if they ever worked it out - I started the new job before that was resolved. <br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 6:48 PM, Robert Lauriston <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:robert@lauriston.com" target="_blank">robert@lauriston.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
What other tools did you consider? If I had carte blanche, I'd<br>
probably use Confluence or MindTouch TCS.<br>
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Have you done DITA with FrameMaker before?<br>
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On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 6:25 PM, John Sgammato<br>
<<a href="mailto:john.sgammato@actifio.com">john.sgammato@actifio.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> I just started a new job at a software startup. I have basically a carte blanche to build an awesome doc system. The existing doc is mostly in DITA xml, but not yet in FM. I have TCS4 and DITA-FMx. I plan to go Structured. First deliverables will be PDFs, but I have flexibility after that.<br>
> I would love to find some EDDs for basic DITA-compliant user manuals, and I'd love some war stories about getting Structured, tales of heroism and tragedy, etc. Please feel free to reply to me directly with comments not suitable for the broader community.<br>
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