Comprehensive DITA Pubs & CMS Solution w. Adobe FrameMaker & DITAToo
There are many ways to easily convert unstructured data into DITA for FrameMaker. One of the most “automated” and intriguing ones is DITAToo. This FrameMaker partner solution (which includes a full CMS for DITA) was showcased by Alex Masycheff.
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Comprehensive DITA Pubs & CMS Solution w. Adobe FrameMaker & DITAToo
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02:20
Brief overview of DITAToo product highlights
03:15
DITAToo integrates with FrameMaker 11 & 12Elegant solution for translation management.Great CMS solution for FrameMaker
04:00
Diagram of DITAToo Components – DITAToo Author allows all team members to access and author content
05:20
AGENDA of what is covered in the DEMONSTRATION- Convert Wod doc to DITA - Edit converted topics in FrameMaker - Reference files stored in repository - Uploading DITAmap to repository - Restructuring the content repository - See how DITAToo Publishes
06:30
LIVE DEMO OF DITAToo- Review complex Word document that has very few styles; has manual formatting - Explanation of how DITAToo will convert styles to DITA Elements - Intelligence in DITAToo determines whether doc chunks should be TASKS or CONCEPTS - Graphics in Word are converted to externally referenced graphics in repository
10:00
DEMO What DITAToo looks like – Creating a project folder (folders are “virtual”)
11:30
Identify then convert a Word document … a few moments later, folders for CONCEPTS, TASKS and GRAPHICS are seen
12:15
Doing a preview of a Topic. Ten viewing the XML Source file
12:45
Viewing a TASK in preview and native XML
13:00
in PROJECT folder we see a DITAMap has been assembled automatically
13:45
Editing a DITA TOPIC in FrameMaker; Adding an item to a list; Checking the XML file from FM back into repository
15:15
Going to Connection Manager in FrameMaker … specifiy credential and server details for DITAToo. Will be able to access DITAToo from “CMS” menu in FrameMaker
16:15
Accessing repository content from w/in FrameMaker
17:00
adding optional comments when checking FM topic back into the repository
18:45
Browse in DITAToo repository for graphic, and insert that image into FM
19:45
Example of importing external graphic from LOCAL DRIVE vs repository … then upload topic with local disc graphic to the repository. DITAToo will upload the topic to repository … get an alert regarding the image … the local drive image is now accessed from the repository
24:20
Viewing the XML code view of DITA topic to see how HREF image elements look
25:00
Example of deciding to move some assets that are already referenced.
26:00
mid-DEMO questions
30:00
Had moved 2 screenshots to different locations within the repositoryWhen you open a topic that has an image … it is still there in XML CODE VIEW … you can see the UPDATED LOCATION of the imagesDITAToo has automatically kept linked graphics intact
31:30
see example of error message if you have deleted content in repository
34:00
ready to publish a topic that has 3 images of 3 versions of product.Using conditional images to create multiple versionsExample of using the “platform” attribute in [Fig] element to indicate versionNormally a DITAVAL filter would be used in FrameMakerYou can control which conditions are recognized WITHIN DITAToo
36:30
example of generating a DITAVAL file from within DITAToo. Affected assets are shown in menu, and you can select assets and conditions
42:00
QUESTIONS:DITAToo does it’s conversion based on “visual representation” of the content …If a network connection is lost … you have temp local copy on drive to work with