Category Archives: docbook


Product Spotlight: Quadralay WebWorks ePublisher

December 8, 2007 – 6:15 pm

Sooner or later you need to put your structured Framemaker/XML content on the Web. WebWorks is certainly one path people have taken to get there… Here’s an overview of the different versions of the product, from Quadralay.
http://www.webworks.com/Introduction/What_is_ePublisher.shtml
ePublisher is a powerful online conversion platform that transforms FrameMaker, Word, and DITA content into Web and online help […]

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STC-SINGLE-SOURCING-L list had an interesting thread on XML Editors for Authors

November 28, 2007 – 5:24 pm

STC-SINGLE-SOURCING-L Digest for Monday, November 12, 2007.
1. Recommendations for XML editors for authors
2. Re: Recommendations for XML editors for authors
3. Re: Recommendations for XML editors for authors
4. Re: Recommendations for XML editors for authors
5. Re: Recommendations for XML editors for authors
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Subject: Recommendations for XML editors for authors
From: cathy.stoneman@medtronic.com
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:42:36 -0700
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DITA Resources: From a Mailing List

September 20, 2007 – 9:12 pm

A friend sent the following DITA references from a mailing list…
The ultimate source is Bob Doyle. Editor In Chief, CMS Review, but no doubt it’s been passed around a bit.

DITA Users < http://www.ditausers.org/> - helping members get started with topic-based authoring using the web-based DITA Storm editor, the DITA Open Toolkit on the server, […]

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Framemaker and Migrating from Unstructured Content to DITA Structured XML Content

September 19, 2007 – 12:19 am

Anne Gentle at JustWriteClick has provided a record of her experiences with converting unstructured Framemaker content to DITA structured content in Framemaker. Her work was in Framemaker 7.2 but is probably of interest to Framemaker 8 users as well.
In my experience with Frame 7.2, I wasn’t able to complete the entire complex process, partially due to […]

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Structured Framemaker XML DTD/EDD for Download: Scriptorum’s DocFrame

September 18, 2007 – 11:47 pm

For those looking for a leg up in structured Framemaker, Scriptorum’s DocFrame (with a free XML DTD for download) looks like a great starting point and can be customized further:
Many FrameMaker users need structured authoring and a standards-based single-sourcing solution. Configuring FrameMaker for structured authoring has required too much time and too much money—until […]

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XML Content Management: Bluestream XDocs, XStreamDB, Streamstore

August 15, 2007 – 10:44 am

http://www.bluestream.com/products
Since Adobe has not chosen to turn Framemaker into a major-league structured content management solution, we thought we’d feature a few vendors who do this kind of product. This post is about Bluestream, a company that describes itself as follows:
Bluestream Database Software Corp. is the world leader in the XML database and XML content […]

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