Hi Ed, I think you have too many experts in your list. Many of us learned the steps as novices. For example,
>An expert to create an EDD and/or DTD. You can learn to create an EDD by reading the FrameMaker documentation. If you are going to use DITA, FrameMaker comes with an EDD that you can learn to edit. >An expert in XSL to create output. If you are authoring in FrameMaker, you can continue to use FrameMaker for your print and PDF output. If that's all you need, then you don't need XSL. If you are using WebWorks, etc. for help or HTML, you can continue to use that with your structured documents. >An expert to map your current styles to elements. Since you know your unstructured content, you are the expert that is going to do this. Granted, you will have to become familiar with the target structure, but that may be easier than the structure expert becoming familiar with your unstructured documents. You are going to have to learn the target structure anyway to author in it, so may as well learn by building the conversion table. >An expert to help you update your content to shoe-horn into the new XML 'buckets'. Again, that could be you, not an expert. >An expert to train those who are going to be using the new tools. For lone writers, that would be you. My main point is that you can move to structure in a measured, incremental basis and learn as you go. Before you know it, you will be the "expert". Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing Inc. 585-659-8267 r...@frameexpert.com *** Frame Automation blog at http://frameautomation.com _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
