... My tools expert co-worker (you know who, Jim) encountered issues when comparing Docbook XML files that had conditional text. He had to run the compare...
Hi Lee Ann As far as distribution is concerned you are right, the TM does not have to be "open source" to be freely redistributable, it only has to be stated...
Let's say you need a couple of additional metadata attributes that you can use for conditional text. Does it make more sense to use domain attribute ...
I've got a bit more info- I successfully modified that Java code to do any necessary directory creation for the copy-to attribute, but that exposed several...
Well Lets try the cousin Clem approach... I think you can accomplish change marking with processing instructions. If you imagine only two things insertPI and...
In one exchange I saw on the DITA user's list, conditionals were described as the "old way" of doing things--something you did for lack of modern tools that...
... That seems like a really good idea. ... XSLT can process PIs. ************************* Rob Cavicchio Principal Technical Writer EMC Captiva EMC...
Thanks, Eric. I was also being told that conditionals are a little archaic, but I hadn't heard a good explanation as to why. Your comparison certainly helps,...
Hi Eric, When you add metadata you pay a price in increased complexity. I believe that using a domain attribute specialization is superior to using otherprops...
That's a terrific approach, Megan. It makes a lot of sense. (In the extreme, topicrefs could be conref'd too, I suppose. But I suspect that the complexity and ...
The online version of the message didn't preserve the HTML, so here's the table again, in ASCII form: Authoring ... Conditionals All variations side by side,...
Hi all, I was wondering if anyone knows how to set up a small caps style in stylesheets? Thanks, Jen Jennifer Linton CaridianBCT, Inc. XML/CMS Project Manager ...
Hi, First: this is a very stimulating thread, and I think it goes to the heart of one of the stickiest issues of implementing DITA. A couple thoughts: There is...
Hi DITAdepts, In unstructured FrameMaker, you can include multiple graphic objects in 1 "anchored frame", for example two screen shots which you put side by...
Hi Folks, I'd like to format my PDF books to include the book's title in the header on even pages. I assume that this is just a matter of popping in the...
... Hi Dee! Could you find out a solution in the meantime? You are regarding to numbered lists, so you can control normal text, right? To do so, must I change...
... I was getting ready to do some experimenting with this myself in the next few weeks. Here's what I think might work... FO does have "widows" and "orphans"...
Does anyone know how to insert information into a bookmap footer? For example, I want the bookmap's <mainbooktitle> element to appear in the footer. Also a...
Hey, Jason. "Archaic". Good word, that. Although Megan makes the interesting point that using them in maps is still a good idea. (One could consider composing...
You need to customize xsl/fo/static-content.xsl templates to pass the book's title into the variables that would be customized to accept the book title...
Great thoughts, Joe. Thanks for engaging. Some areas that need further discussion: * When the spec talks about "filtering", I read that as "conditional...
Hi Eric, Yes - "filtering" pretty much equals "conditional processing" as far as the dita toolkit is concerned. I believe flagging is currently implemented by...
The August meeting of the Silicon Valley DITA Interest Group (SVDIG) is scheduled for Wednesday, August 13 at 7:00pm at NetApp in Sunnyvale, CA. Topic: Editing...
... And, in the next release of mif2go, anchored frames containing multiple pixmaps, FM shapes, and text frames will be composed into an SVG image which will...
... There's an example of that in the API Reference plugin (demo/apiref). It uses the platform attribute to mark example code with the name of the language. ...
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