<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Thanks all … for your kind concerns about me trying to do a docbook experiment in the DITA ages ….<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I have been working with docbook (variants) already back in the FrameMaker 5.5 days, so <support> for docbook has been there in FM, I know. And it still is. In the early days this < support> was not based on round tripping the XML. </div><div class="">My current client has inherited a simple, docbook based structured application. They maintain both a structured FM version (book with chapters) and individual XML files (one for each chapter). To get them working in a real single sourcing set up (that is, not having to maintain FM versions anymore) my first approach would be to <mimic> a ditamap or fm-book by using the docbook book doctype. This <book> can link to XML files, being the first step to topic based. But, as Alan points out, FM converts each component to a FM file when opening the <book> XML file. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I have not been doing docbook or any other custom XML in FM for a long time, and being spoiled by all the DITA support suddenly feel a bit clumsy by trying to get a docbook <book> into FM.</div><div class="">So, I was wondering if any of you already had found or made a solution for that.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Eventually my client will move to DITA. But as they have a lot of current content it’s not feasible to start a conversion project now. We have to find a short term solution to let them continue working with the content as it is. </div><div class=""><br class=""><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class="">Vriendelijke groet / Kind regards,<br class=""> <br class="">Wim Hooghwinkel<br class=""></div></div></div></div></body></html>