This book is designed to teach anyone working in data-intensive publishing how XML can be leveraged to make the job of presenting data easier. While the XML discussions within the book are general, FrameMaker is used for all of the examples since it supports a wide variety of XML import and export options. In addition, author Kay Ethier shows you how FrameMaker's powerful formatting features lend themselves to publishing XML documentswithout reworking them.
This book is written for a professional audience, including writers, database administrators, developers, and production staff. Ethier shows you how to
Capture or emit XML from existing documents or databases
Use XML to create documents that may be published to many other formats
Build an "XML round-trip" for Adobe FrameMaker 7
This book is also a featured publication at the Society for Technical Communication.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Great Resource:
I had been trying to get my hands around Structured FrameMaker for quite some time when I purchased this manual. I am about two-thirds finished with it and I am now successfully creating XML files from FrameMaker. This manual fills in many holes that I couldn't figure out from the Adobe supplied resources. This manual also has a great tutorial for creating templates that many people may find useful if they are new to template building.
Would be better if the sample files were available:
No doubt about it, this is a very good book for learning about FrameMaker's interaction with XML. I agree with the other reviewers: this is way better than the info supplied by Adobe in both the FM manual and in the supplementary PDF's that come with FrameMaker. One caveat: the example files available for download from Apress's Web site (the publisher) don't match the narrative in the book. This may be a great disappointment to you as it was to me. Reading along and looking at the pictures in the book was... more info
Saved an outrageous amount of time and frustration:
Recently I had to use FrameMaker as authoring tool for DoocBook, it was quite a challenging task because it required learning a lot of new stuff. FrameMaker is a powerful and sophisticated tool, with XML capabilities that were build on top of its SGML legacy, so it's a pretty complex beast to learn. This book was just right on the spot; it allowed me to save an outrageous amount of time and frustration. I don't know if it can be valuable for seasoned FrameMaker users, but I am sure it's a great investment... more info
Debafflement:
This is a great introductory crossover text for both xml programmers and FrameMaker users who want a cram course in structured layout. The first third of the book is devoted to FrameMaker for the XML expert-how to set up a document and master pages, create and use style sheets, and manage templates. The rest of the book explains, in clear and concise prose, how to get started with FrameMaker's approach to XML. Because I am an expert Frame user, I immediately zoomed to the XML stuff, and found it a grand... more info
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