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To: "'framers@xxxxxxxxx'" <framers@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Frame+SGML and XML
From: Ed Treijs <etreijs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 17:33:09 -0400
Sender: owner-framers@xxxxxxxxx
Hi;
Is the following correct?
If I create a valid doc in Frame+SGML, then if I save it as XML for help systems, I will have a nice structured doc, for example
<procedure>
<intro>....</intro>
<step>....
<para>....</para>
</step>
<step>...</step>
....
< /procedure>
However, if I'm using Frame, and save as XML, I get
<step_first>...</step_first>
<step>...</step>
<para>...</para>
<step>...</step>
In other words, Frame+SGML produces XML that has a structure, while Frame's save as XML produces a whole bunch of individual items (paragraphs) in no particular structure.
I'm asking because we are looking at single-sourcing help and docs, and the help is likely to be in HTML or XML since we have to support at least UNIX/Linux and Win NT. The XML from Frame is not going to be nearly as useful as the XML from Frame+SGML.
Actually, I just think that structured authoring is great. A long time ago I was in a group that pioneered FrameBuilder with fully validated structured docs, and I really liked the benefits of working with structured docs. So I'm trying to get Frame+SGML in through the back door....
....Ed