Hi Greg Let me know if you can solve this. Our org is looking at doing something similar - so we would REALLY like to use any solutions you can come up with.
>From my preliminary analysis, I found the problem not insignificant and highly >dependent on how structured the Indesign typography was i.e. tags al a CSS. I was looking at a combination of parsing both html and xml exports (Indesign CS2 and CS4) The html gives the images nicely whereas in xml images are encoded (MIME /base64 style) The xml has better record of actual document structure layout In summary, if the original Indesign doc is not structured i.e. custom layout and not a formal DTP type tagguing typography, the task is rather diffcult to achieve accurate parsing. A good test is whether the Indesign can export to ePUb with relative accuracy PS Adobe - evade the issue on this one - their idea of Indesign to Web is via a Flash doc andre -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of gregor brabyn Sent: Thursday, 5 August 2010 11:36 To: [email protected] Subject: [phpug]Moving Indesign file information into PHP application Hi I am quoting on making a document management system that has highly hierarchial structured data. The document is mostly text but does contain images and data in tables. Currently the document is maintained in Indesign CS2 and I understand that Indesign can export the data as XML or as a PDF. The client has asked for a quote, among things, on transferring the document from Indesign to the new PHP system I would build. Has anyone had any experience with anything like this. With an XML version I am not sure how I would deal with loading the images. With a PDF version I am not sure if there are any PHP based PDF parsers that would keep the hierarchial structure intact. Not even sure if the PDF internally keeps this data structure. Does anyone have any advice on this. It is currently a large document that in PDF format has something like one and a half thousand pages. Is it going to be better to just use a data entry operator? Greg -- NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] please consider the environment before you print this email ########################################################################################## The views expressed in this e-mail and any corresponding attachments do not necessarily reflect those of the Health Research Council of New Zealand. This e-mail together with any accompanying attachments may be confidential and subject to legal privilege. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and note that you may not copy, disclose or use the content in any way Thank You. ########################################################################################## -- NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected]
