Hi all, Do you know if there excist an updated version (DITA1.1) of the ../DITA-OT1.4.1/doc/ditaref-book.chm file? It's quite handy for daily DITA work. ...
Hi folks, I have just noticed that the few external links in one of my manuals do not work correctly in PDFs generated using the FO plugin. Clicking an...
Never mind... I had forgotten to add format="html" scope="external" to the xrefs in question. Thanks, -- Martin Polley Technical Communicator +972 52 3864280 ...
Hi DITAdepts, first things first: best wishes for 2008! I'm doing a bit of research into the impact of DITA on the translation/localization process. So far, I...
Hello and forgive me if this has been discussed to death although I can't find it in the archives. I am new to DITA and have been charged with cleaning up...
Of the many things we did to prepare unstructured docs for conversion, I'd say the following were the most helpful: * Label all headings intended for topics...
Hi Yves, With increasing frequency, I encounter organizations that need to address legacy translation memories as part of the DITA deployment process. There...
Paul Masalsky wrote: "* Label all headings intended for topics with styles that indicate the intended topic type. For example, in FrameMaker unstructured docs...
Hi Lee Anne, I selected the DITA Modeling perspective. An SWF error message was displayed together with the suggestion to end my Eclipse session, which I did....
Hi Mike, I don't know if it is *common*, but it seems to be the case that Task Modeler is using something specific from JRE 1.4.2. I don't know if it requires...
Hello All I am posting this message following some discussions on the FrameMaker-DITA group regarding the use of the simpletable element. I'm using a content...
... [...] ... You may have reached the limit of what you can do in FrameMaker without using import/export XSLT. (Was that introduced in FM 7.1, or 7.2? I...
Hello all, While there are many resources that teach InDesign and FRAMEMAKER, none of them seem to be tailored specifically to the needs of the A.C.E examinee....
This is a call for speakers and sponsors for the X-Pubs 2008 XML Publishing Conference, 23rd - 24th June. WHAT IS X-PUBS? X-Pubs organises and delivers...
Hi, I'm doing some testing with translations and the DITA-OT (version 1.3.1). This is what I do: 1. Change the xml:lang attribute in a couple of topics. 2....
HI, These strings come from the folowing place: %DITADIR%\xsl\common Each language has it's own file there. You can change the strings there, but they will be...
Got it! Thanks Aliza. Very strange: I did a Windows search on one of the text strings, but apparently, Windows could not find it (or doesn't look) in XML...
Hi Lee Anne, Thanks for your response---I am also using Java SE Runtime Environment 1.6.0.3-b05. We have download constraints so I will have to wait until our...
Thanks, Deborah, for your reply. It was FrameMaker 7.2 that introduced the XSLT pre- and post-processing capability, I believe, but a FrameMaker upgrade is not...
Paul covered two of the biggies. I would add: Determine which content can be reused, at the topic level (EULA, copyright, preface info) and at the phrase level...
Yes, Task Modeler requires IBM JRE1.4.1 or higher. This is explicitly listed as a requirement at http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/taskmodeler/requirements If...
Alan and Yves, The Translation SC has published a best practice for transitioning translation memory. It's on the TC OASIS website, I believe. Been out many...
Hi Julio, Thanks--you are correct. I just did a quick test on Windows: a. Got the Sun JRE 1.4.2_15 for Windows (from Sun) b. Installed it. c. Took the contents...
Hi Yves, Windows (XP at least) has a known search problem described here (with a solution): http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_bad_search.htm -john From:...
Hi, I've just installed DITA 1.4.1 and tried building an Eclipse output. I'm using essentially the same build I had used for successfully with DITA 1.4, just...
This thread has outlined the biggest and baddest. However, I want to underscore several other items that, because we weren't diligent enough during our...
Alternatively you can just fix this at runtime by making your XSLTs re-order of the elements in the output. This is pretty simple and doesn't involve messing...
