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Hi,
 
I am migrating data from many source formats to DITA 1.1.  One of these formats includes FrameMaker 8 books.  What are your thoughts as to the best migration path from FrameMaker 8 unstructured to DITA 1.1? 
 
Thanks,
 
Reid


Tue Jan 6, 2009 4:30 pm

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Hi, I am migrating data from many source formats to DITA 1.1. One of these formats includes FrameMaker 8 books. What are your thoughts as to the best...
Reid Gray
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Jan 6, 2009
4:59 pm

Hi Reid... You've basically got two options .. - Develop a conversion table that maps your FM styles to the appropriate DITA elements. This is done using...
Scott Prentice
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Jan 6, 2009
6:52 pm

Hi Reid, As Scott has already said, there are two options: - Using FM conversion tables - Using Mif2Go Personally, based on my own experience, I would...
Alex Masycheff
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Jan 6, 2009
11:23 pm

Thanks Scott. I will definitely have a look! Reid ________________________________ From: dita-users@yahoogroups.com on behalf of Scott Prentice Sent: Tue...
Reid Gray
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Jan 6, 2009
11:45 pm

Reid; While Scott and Alex point out two of the options, there are definitely more than that. You've got to choose the right solution for your situation, which...
Bob Beims
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Jan 7, 2009
1:40 pm

Bob, Many thanks for the helpful insight! I will definitely have a look at ditausers.org. Reid ________________________________ From:...
Reid Gray
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