Re: FM5.5.6+SGML(W): Inflexible graphic element.

[Dan Emory <danemory@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Richard Higgins originially wrote:
>>The default FM translation from SGML for a graphic element seems to
>>allow only for the creation of an empty element, with certain
>>"attributes" and no children.
>>
>>My DTD allows for caption text either as an attribute of the graphic
>>element, or as a child element of the graphic element.  Am I toiling in
>>vain (other than for the good of my soul) trying to work out a way to
>>get either of these to translate into the FM document, or does anyone
>>know a way to haul them in?
>
>
At 11:26 AM 4/22/99 -0700, Lynne A. Price wrote, in response to Richard
Higgins' inguiry:

>Richard,
>  To support such a DTD requires a very simple custom translator, built
>with the FDK.
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Lynne:

On import to FM+SGML your FDK-developed custom translator must:
1. Wrap the Graphic element in an EDD-defined "Wrapper" element whose
structure rule is:
      Graphic, Caption
2. Detach the Caption element from the Graphic element, and insert it as the
second child of the EDD-defined Wrapper element.
The import result of these two steps would have be the same as if there were
no custom translator, and the original SGML markup was:

        <Wrapper><Graphic (Attributes of Graphic Element)>
        <Caption>Caption Text</Caption></Wrapper>

On export to SGML your FDK-developed custom translator must:
1. Unwrap the EDD-defined Wrapper element
2. Write out the Graphic element as a non-empty element (no minimization).
3. Attach the Caption element as a child of the Graphic element
The export result of these three steps would be the following SGML markup:

    <Graphic (Attributes of Graphic Element)><Caption>Caption Text
    </Caption></Graphic>

Do you still regard this as "a very simple custom translator"?

   
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