Ah .. the OT plugin. Yes .. that's a "connector" plugin that allows you
to process your DITA content through the DITA Open Toolkit. Adobe
provided that for FM9, but hasn't made one for FM10 (they want you to
use RoboHelp instead). The FM9 version should work for FM10 (although it
was a bit tricky to set up).
I don't think that it's available any more, and I have a feeling that
you're not supposed to "redistribute" it without Adobe's permission
(can't say for sure though).
This is functionality that's built in to DITA-FMx, and I've considered
making it into a separate plugin for non-DITA-FMx users (although I'd
prefer that you use DITA-FMx :)
To step back a bit .. the DITA-OT is a library of XSLT and Java code
that lets you create may types of output (HTML, CHM, Eclipse Help, Java
Help, PDF, etc.). Yes, it's free and can be used to create all sorts of
output from DITA, but it can be a fair amount of work to set up and make
things look the way you want. If you're using Frame for authoring DITA,
there's really no reason to use the OT for creating PDFs (it's way more
work and the results are far from stellar) .. however, it can be a good
option for online output *if* you're willing to do the coding to make
things work the way you want. It is likely to be easier to use RoboHelp
(or Flare) to create the online output, but then you're paying for a
proprietary tool. You decide where you want to spend the money. :)
Cheers,
...scott
On 5/18/12 9:48 AM, Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) wrote:
Hmmm ... I may have been quite unclear in my question, since I am a DITA novice!
The reason I asked is that the Adobe web site has a "FrameMaker 9 Plug-in for DITA
Open Toolkit" here:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/framemaker/fm9_opentoolkit.html
But I don't see an equivalent for FM 10 ... at least, not that I could find!
What does the FM 9 plug-in for DITA do ? I.e., what is different in FM 10 that it does
not need a similar "Plug-in"?
BTW, thanks for helping this complete DITA novice here! I learn so much from
this list all the time ... :)
Z
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Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 9:05 AM
To: Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net); Scott Prentice;
framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: Resources to help a newbie create DITA documents in FrameMaker 10
It's built into FM 10 as it was built in to FM 9. You have to switch to the
structured interface to see it (File> Preferences> General). I don't have
very much experience with FM 10, but if you want to use DITA 1.2, the underlying
templates and EDDs are different than FM 9. Someone more knowledgeable than I am
about FM 10 might have more to say about that.
Nadine
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Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 11:45:29 AM
Subject: RE: Resources to help a newbie create DITA documents in
FrameMaker 10
Hi, Nadine, Scott, et. al.
A question for users of FrameMaker 10 ... is the DITA support built-in
to this version, or is there a separate plug-in for it (like was
released by Adobe for FrameMaker 9)?
If it is a plug-in still, does anyone have a link for it? I searched
the Adobe web site and did not find it ... may not have looked carefully enough.
Thanks!
Z
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Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 6:04 PM
To: Scott Prentice; framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: Resources to help a newbie create DITA documents in
FrameMaker 10
The problem is that "creating a DITA project" in FrameMaker is
really no different than doing that in any other XML authoring
tool. You do need to understand the structured FrameMaker UI,
but
DITA is DITA regardless of the tool.
Agreed. What might be particular to FM is how to create output such as
PDFs, the topic templates, and the EDD (and perhaps some of its quirks
with how it handles attribute filtering).
I recommend this book for becoming familiar with DITA:
http://comtech-serv.com//index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=28_3&p
roducts_id=10
Nadine
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