Frame XML to HTML Help via XSLT

["Rick Quatro" <rick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Framers,

I am doing some research for a client who is struggling the whole
"single-source" idea. They recently switched to Frame from Interleaf. Most
of their help is done with RoboHelp and they have been reluctant to switch
to Webworks Publisher Professional. What ends up happening is that the
information goes back and forth between FrameMaker and RoboHelp during the
life of the project. This doesn't work very well, even with MIF support in
RoboHelp.

I have an idea, but would like some opinions on real-world feasibility. My
thought is for them to use structured FrameMaker 7 to produce content. Then
they would export XML and transform it using XSLT to HTML. The HTML would
have to be in a format that RoboHelp could use. I don't know much about
RoboHelp, so I don't know how practical this is. Ideally, it would be nice
to be able to put some context-sensitive help information in the FrameMaker
structure so that this could be used by RoboHelp as well.

I understand that this scenario probably would work in the reverse direction
(RoboHelp to Frame). But if the Frame to RoboHelp path could be streamlined
by using Frame to XML to HTML via XSLT, it might not be necessary to do this
anyway.

If anyone has any experience with this and can offer some advice, I would
appreciate it. Thanks in advance.

Rick Quatro
Carmen Publishing
rick@frameexpert.com
http://www.frameexpert.com




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