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SiberSafe 3.3 includes improved support for XML Authoring teams that wish to use FrameMaker 7 in their document production chain. SiberSafe 3.3 offers these...
Greetings, XMLers! The next meeting of the Triangle XML interest group is upon us again. Tri-XML is in the Research Triangle area of North Carolina. We meet...
I am having a little trouble with expat and was looking for someone who could help me out with it. I think I have the right tool for what I want. I am...
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Paul Tremblay
phthenry@...
Dec 16, 2002 5:28 pm
Is there any reason why elements shouldn't have attributes witht he same name? I am developing a script to convert Microsoft RTF to XML. I am working with...
I do what you do all the time. Never had a problem. I think that, if anything, the proposed changes would just make the markup more annoying. Jason ... From:...
I agree, you're coding for unique names the only issue would be if the same name was used elsewhere for a different style. Since you're not doing that, why...
Hello, I'm creating my first XML schema in XML Spy. The plan is to make a prototype which may eventually become a schema (that is a template) for our...
Ahh more fun with attributes! They'll always be a topic of folklore and faith as long as the question "when to make something an element versus an attribute?"...
... There is absolutely nothing wrong with a DTD. As it is an integral part of the core XML specification, it is currently the most widely implemented...
... From: Textenergy LLC/ResourX Consulting [mailto:resourx@...] FrameMaker 7 XML QuickStart: Intensive Class with Expert Trainer Have you worked...
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Paul Tremblay
phthenry@...
Dec 18, 2002 2:15 am
Thanks. Also thanks to Jason and Tim. I believe the person I am working with wants to change some attributes to elements to satisfy the SGML DTD. For exaple,...
... which may eventually become a schema (that is a template) for our company's documents - training manual, instruction manuals, etc. Paul. If you're building...
Paul, due to my interests, I have to be biased in favor of XML Schemas over DTDs but if I was faced with a practical work assignment (as you seem to suggest in...
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Paul Tremblay
phthenry@...
Dec 19, 2002 5:48 am
I have written a script that converts Microsoft RTF to XML, and I wanted to get some opinions on the best form for tags before I finalize the code. I want my...
... This is not easy to do. You might be better off buying a Word/RTF converter, which will have less bugs and more features (e.g. Unicode, nested lists,...
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ed nixon
ed.nixon@...
Dec 19, 2002 1:20 pm
... Did you consider using the attribute name as the element name? To be pedantically consistent, would you not use "block" in conjunction with attributes for...
... Paul, Out of curiosity, what's your take on WordML/Word 11 [1,2] coming out next summer? Granted, WordML will probably be pretty 'thick' but it should...
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Paul Tremblay
phthenry@...
Dec 19, 2002 5:01 pm
... Too late! I wrote the script last summer. I must have spent 500 hours writing it, so yes, it is not easy to do. My script handles tables and converts to...
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Barry Workman
bworkman@...
Dec 19, 2002 5:13 pm
There is a commercial rtf to xml converter available called "Sema" that I saw being used at one client location. I believe the vendor was located in Belgium. ...
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Paul Tremblay
phthenry@...
Dec 19, 2002 5:15 pm
... Halleluja! I have been hoping for months that the next version of Word would output to XML. It appears this will happen. I was afraid that the latest...
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Paul Tremblay
phthenry@...
Dec 19, 2002 5:27 pm
... Perhpas I should just use <italics><bold>. Then, I should write an xslt style sheet to convert the first XML doc to a standard DTD. ... I asked the person...
Thanks so much, James, Martin, and Tim, for your commentary on my question a couple of days ago. You've pointed me in a couple of directions so I now have ...
I have a database that contains what I would consider "unconvential" field names (i.e. Book_&_Page, Grantee's_ID_#). These field names do not meet the...
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Michael Fuller
msf@...
Dec 20, 2002 1:05 am
... You might like to compare what you've done with the output of the RTF-to-SGML function in Ace. Ace is a object-oriented, strongly typed language with...
There are some more or less commercial offerings that one might learn something from. In no particular order: Logictran RTF Converter http://www.logictran.com/...
... There used to be a program called rtf2html that would do a lot of the work. It was table-driven, meaning that you could create nested lists based on style...
I am trying to write a macro in xsl, but cannot find an example code to learn from. Can anyone provide me with code and explanation? Barbara Price Galvan ...
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Paul Tremblay
phthenry@...
Dec 21, 2002 8:13 am
... No, you are not paranoid. I had the same exact thought, and here our fears are confirmed: http://news.com.com/2100-1001-977880.html?tag=fd_lede1_hed One...
