Re: save as xml/ external x-refs?

[Dan Emory <danemory@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 04:08 PM 10/12/99 -0700, Lynne A. Price wrote:
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>Furthermore, a
>FrameMaker+SGML cross-reference always cites a location in another
>FrameMaker document.
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I'm not sure what you mean by the above statement. Certainly, a
cross-reference in an FM+SGML structured document can cite a location in the
same document as well as one in a diferent document. In fact, as you point
out, the ID/IDREF attributes do not have any document identifiers, which is
why they can only be used when all cited locations are  within a single SGML
document instance.
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Can you be sure that other document will also
>be converted to SGML? The answer to this question (which depends
>on your environment) is important import to your design.
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Note that the subject of this thread relates to XML, not SGML. XML, unlike
SGML, has a solution to to the problem which is the subject of this thread.
In XML, resources (e.g., documents) are identified by Universal Resource
Identifiers (URIs), which can include optional anchor IDs (i.e, nodes within
a document). Anchor IDs could be made to correspond to the unique IDs
created by FM+SGML for each cross-reference source. Also, XML provides a
Resource Description Framework (RDF) to describe resources.

The problem with FM+SGML V5.5.6 is that it does not provide a way to
implement cross-reference links to external documents by using URIs, as
envisioned in the XML standards. It is this deficiency that should be
corrected in V6.0.
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Dan Emory, Dan Emory & Associates
FrameMaker/FrameMaker+SGML Document Design & Database Publishing
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