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<DIV>Thanks for the answers! I'm feeling slightly embarrassed to admit that I'd forgotten MIF2Go did DITA. I've chucked it in the engineer's direction.</DIV>
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<DIV>Cheers</DIV>
<DIV>Rebecca<BR><BR>>>> "Jeremy H. Griffith" <jeremy@omsys.com> 9/12/13 20:49 >>><BR>On Mon, 09 Dec 2013 11:00:50 +1300, "rebecca officer" <rebecca.officer@alliedtelesis.co.nz> wrote:<BR><BR>>We're currently in the process of converting from <BR>>Unstructured FrameMaker files to DITA using FrameMaker 11. <BR>>The engineer who's working on the conversion has a <BR>>question about cross-references. When he structures <BR>>the document using the conversion table, he'd like to <BR>>be able to save the Idref value for the cross-reference <BR>>as an attribute in the element it is wrapped in. At the <BR>>moment, when he structures the document, all he can <BR>>manage is to wrap the text in a <xref> element.<BR><BR>That's just one of hundreds of problems you will have<BR>trying to use the conversion table method. It's grossly<BR>inadequate. Links, graphics, tables... it's a long list.<BR><BR>>If anyone's got any ideas about how to do this - or about <BR>>how else to avoid having to manually re-create thousands <BR>>of cross-refs - I'd be really grateful! The engineer's <BR>>happy with scripting, esp Python, so it doesn't have to <BR>>be a purely FM solution.<BR><BR>Um, you already *have* Mif2Go. We spent quite a few<BR>engineer-years working with DITA TC members on many<BR>large conversion projects (including IBM's) to get it<BR>right. And to make it as easy as possible. This has<BR>actually become the second-biggest use case for Mif2Go<BR>(the biggest is still conversion to Word). Save<BR>yourself a BIG bundle of time and money, and use it.<BR><BR>-- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc.<BR> <jeremy@omsys.com> <A href="http://mif2go.com/">http://mif2go.com/</A><BR>_______________________________________________<BR><BR><BR>You are currently subscribed to framers as rebecca.officer@alliedtelesis.co.nz.<BR><BR>Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com.<BR><BR>To unsubscribe send a blank email to<BR>framers-unsubscribe@lists.frameusers.com<BR>or visit <A href="http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/rebecca.officer%40alliedtelesis.co.nz">http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/rebecca.officer%40alliedtelesis.co.nz</A><BR><BR>Send administrative questions to listadmin@frameusers.com. Visit<BR><A href="http://www.frameusers.com/">http://www.frameusers.com/</A> for more resources and info.<BR></DIV>
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