RE: TCS 4 as DITA out-of-the-box solution

...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Craig Ede Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 8:20 PM To: gillian.fl...@nexenta.com; framers Subject: RE: TCS 4 as DITA out-of-the-box solution I am currently working a contract for a company where we are writing DITA files using FM11

RE: TCS 4 as DITA out-of-the-box solution

The book FrameMaker: A Hands-On Guide to Creating DITA Compliant Documents is on Frame 9, but most of the info is still good. Of course, you will have to check out the new DITA-related features that Frame 10 and 11 added. http://www.publishingsmarter.com/resources/books-and-articles/framemaker

Re: TCS 4 as DITA out-of-the-box solution

What Syed said. I've got the Frame 8 book, and it's still incredibly useful, but the company I'm now working at is using Frame 10 and is making noises about moving all of us into structured, so I want both! On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 11:22 PM, Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)

Re: TCS 4 as DITA out-of-the-box solution

My bad. Is the most recent book on structured publishing with FrameMaker actually Structured Publishing from the Desktop: Frame Technology's Framemaker, published in 1992? On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 8:22 PM, Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) syed.hos...@aeris.net wrote: Robert Lauriston

RE: TCS 4 as DITA out-of-the-box solution

Syed Zaeem Hosain wrote: I like the Scriptorium _Unstructured_ FrameMaker book a lot (currently for version 8), and am looking forward to their Version 11 (as mentioned in the link you provided). They had also announced, some years ago, a _Structured_ FrameMaker Version 8 book, which

Re: TCS 4 as DITA out-of-the-box solution

Ready, shoot, aim! Scriptorium's updating their book for FM11 but they're not done yet. http://www.scriptorium.com/books/unstructured-framemaker-11/ On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 3:44 PM, John Sgammato john.sgamm...@actifio.com wrote: Remembering Gillian's original question: Has anyone used TCS

Re: TCS 4 as DITA out-of-the-box solution

Ready, shoot, aim! Scriptorium's updating their book for FM11 but they're not done yet. http://www.scriptorium.com/books/unstructured-framemaker-11/ The picture made me laugh. Nadine ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as

RE: TCS 4 as DITA out-of-the-box solution

Robert Lauriston wrote: Ready, shoot, aim! Scriptorium's updating their book for FM11 but they're not done yet. http://www.scriptorium.com/books/unstructured-framemaker-11/ Good! I'd also love to see their _unreleased_ Structured FrameMaker 8 ... ideally updated for FrameMaker 11, but

Re: TCS 4 as DITA out-of-the-box solution

:37 PM, Gillian Flato gillian.fl...@nexenta.com wrote: Thanks, Scott! -Gillian From: Scott Prentice [mailto:s...@leximation.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 11:27 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com; Gillian Flato Subject: Re: TCS 4 as DITA out-of-the-box solution

Re: TCS 4 as DITA out-of-the-box solution

...@nexenta.comwrote: Thanks, Scott! ** ** -Gillian ** ** *From:* Scott Prentice [mailto:s...@leximation.com] *Sent:* Tuesday, November 27, 2012 11:27 AM *To:* framers@lists.frameusers.com; Gillian Flato *Subject:* Re: TCS 4 as DITA out-of-the-box solution ** ** Hi

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FrameMaker 10 comes with DTDs, EDDs, and templates, but those did not give me enough to go on to figure out how to create a project. The documentation was no help, nor were the resources people on the Structured FrameMaker forum pointed me to adequate: http://forums.adobe.com/message/4094654 On

RE: TCS 4 as DITA out-of-the-box solution

Thanks, Scott! -Gillian From: Scott Prentice [mailto:s...@leximation.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 11:27 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com; Gillian Flato Subject: Re: TCS 4 as DITA out-of-the-box solution Hi Gillian... As I'm sure you're aware, I'm a big proponent of using Frame

Re: TCS 4 as DITA out-of-the-box solution

Hi Gillian... As I'm sure you're aware, I'm a big proponent of using Frame for DITA authoring, but I do try to remain reasonably objective when comparing it to other DITA tools. The big thing that sets TCS apart from other DITA authoring tools is that in addition to authoring, it provides a

Re: TCS 4 as DITA out-of-the-box solution

Hello Gillian Regarding your question about TCS4 being the complete solution for DITA. You have to analyze that statement rather carefully and remember it's from the evangelist! The comments below are from a TCS4 user. First, several of the components of TCS4 have nothing at all to do with

RE: TCS 4 as DITA out-of-the-box solution

I am currently working a contract for a company where we are writing DITA files using FM11 (not TCS 4). Producing DITA using FM 11 is fairly easy, but there as some caveats. The built in EDDs, etc. allow producing more-or-less adequate PDF using SaveAsPDF from ditamap files. To get TOCs,

RE: TCS 4 as DITA out-of-the-box solution

Thanks for the response. -Gillian From: Roger Shuttleworth [mailto:shutti...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 5:10 AM To: Gillian Flato Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: TCS 4 as DITA out-of-the-box solution Hello Gillian Regarding your question about TCS4 being

RE: TCS 4 as DITA out-of-the-box solution

Thanks Craig. Appreciate the response. -Gillian From: Craig Ede [mailto:craig...@hotmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 6:50 AM To: Gillian Flato; framers Subject: RE: TCS 4 as DITA out-of-the-box solution I am currently working a contract for a company where we are writing DITA files

Re: TCS 4 as DITA out-of-the-box solution

When I evaluated Oxygen XML, it seemed like a full-featured single-source help authoring tool much like Madcap Flare, except using DITA as its source format. Out-of-the-box web help and PDF output seemed of professional quality to me. I could have been productive immediately. TCS 3.5 / FrameMaker