Structured Framemaker, FDK and XML Blog

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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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Adobe Delivers Major Upgrade to FrameMaker
Rich Media Enhancements and Unicode Support Anchor FrameMaker 8 Release
SAN JOSE, Calif. — July 23, 2007 — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced Adobe® FrameMaker® 8 software, a complete authoring and publishing tool that combines the simplicity of word processing with the power of XML. New support for broader […]