In case no one else has mentioned it, you can also use DITA2Go as an alternative to the DITA-OT (or Flare or RoboHelp). It's free, and it's highly configurable. The learning curve is not as steep as for the DITA-OT, especially for those familiar with its sister product Mif2Go, and the documentation, for those who want to learn, is much more extensive.
On 2012-05-18 13:01, Scott Prentice wrote: > 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.Hosain at 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 >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Writer [mailto:generic668 at yahoo.ca] >> Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 9:05 AM >> To: Syed Zaeem Hosain (Syed.Hosain at aeris.net); Scott Prentice;framers at >> 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 >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Syed Zaeem Hosain (Syed.Hosain at aeris.net)" >>> <Syed.Hosain at aeris.net> >>> To: Writer<generic668 at yahoo.ca>; Scott Prentice >>> <sp10 at leximation.com>;"framers at lists.frameusers.com" >>> <framers at lists.frameusers.com> >>> Cc: >>> 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 >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com >>> [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Writer >>> Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 6:04 PM >>> To: Scott Prentice;framers at 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 >>> > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 7149 (20120518) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as jowens at magma.ca. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/jowens%40magma.ca > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. 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