Re: [WinMac] Use of SGML as a cross platform document archival solution
Leonard Rosenthol(leonardr[at]Adobe.COM)
Tue, 20 Oct 1998 13:34:26 -0400
At 11:55 AM -0500 10/20/98, Sam Heldenbrand wrote:
>In particular, we are very interested in a process
>which would allow the recycling of FrameMaker files into multi-platform
>CD-ROM format at a later date without a huge amount of rework.
>
The FrameMaker file format (MIF) is completely cross-platform and
fully documented, so that you could simply put the Frame documents on the
CD. (probably worth including a copy of the MIF spec for future
generations ;).
>SGML encoding seems like a logical solution to this problem, and I'm
>investigating the possibility developing an SGML application, but I'm
>new at this.
SGML would be fine, or you might be better served with XML which is
a simpler more modern subset of SGML. You will also find that there are a
LOT more tools now, and coming, for doing XML than for SGML.
>For one thing, I need to figure out whether its worth it
>for us to develop this application in house, or to farm it out to an
>SGML expert. Does anyone have any idea what the going rate is for (1)
>creation of a relatively simple DTD and/or (2) if we had an SGML app in
>place, what the going rate for SGML text markup might be if we were to
>farm this out?
>
Frame + SGML comes with a large collection of DTD's for most common
document types, including the "standard" one used for publications. Even
if you can't use them as is, they would be a great starting point for you.
As for doing the markup - you don't need to, that's what Frame +
SGML does for you. You just write your document as normal, using style
sheets, and you just map the style sheets to markup styles, and Frame does
the rest. This is also true for the new version (5.5.6) of both Frame and
Frame + SGML, both of which now export XML.
Leonard
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