Does anyone has used the software StyleVision2005 from Altova (XMLSpy). I tried to design a stylesheet with it, but he recognizes the elements only but not the...
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Tonny Andersen
andersentonny
Mar 1, 2005 6:13 pm
Hi Chris, I have tried to play with Stylevision trying to design a stylesheet with it, and you are right Stylevision recognizes elements. This means that it is...
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Chris Kravogel
seicodyne
Mar 2, 2005 8:53 am
Hi Tonny I figured out, that after selecting one of the DITA DTDs within stylevision you have to assign a working xml file which is based on that DTD. After...
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Chris Kravogel
seicodyne
Mar 2, 2005 8:56 am
One further point, Altova Stylevision 2005 deliveres the DITA DTDs within its toolset. However, the DTD version is from July 2004. I am not sure but I...
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R. Murnane
saltydog_628
Mar 4, 2005 4:37 pm
Hello all, I'm a newbie to DITA and was hoping for some "for dummies" help. Some background: I am an IT professional who works for a fortune 200 company. The...
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Jennifer Linton
jnlinton2000
Mar 4, 2005 4:52 pm
Rich, I have included some links that you might want to check out that I have been collecting. I am not sure which ones you have looked at yet, but I think...
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Chris Kravogel
seicodyne
Mar 4, 2005 5:01 pm
Hi A good ressource you can go is: http://xml.coverpages.org/dita.html You will find there a lot of further infos and some powerpoint presentations with...
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Don R. Day
nodyad
Mar 4, 2005 6:05 pm
... You've come to the right "AA" meeting! We're here to support you. ... The answer probably depends on what you want to understand through your evaluation: ...
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Don R. Day
nodyad
Mar 4, 2005 6:26 pm
... discussed ... Let's see if this will post decently: DITA authoring/production framework One of the big questions for assessing DITA is "What does it take...
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ogormanjjka@...
laptopjockey
Mar 5, 2005 6:30 pm
In a message dated 3/4/2005 11:35:37 AM Mountain Standard Time, dond@... writes: One of the big questions for assessing DITA is "What does it take to ...
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Hedley Finger
hedleyfinger
Mar 7, 2005 6:06 am
... reuse. But ... form of the ... finer than ... not ... We also need more attributes -- at least eight and perhaps more -- for conditioning on-line help at...
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Gershon L Joseph
gljoseph
Mar 7, 2005 8:51 am
I don't understand the issue here. 1. Authoring interface: Most XML editors allow you to customize the interface, so you could create a dialog or whatever...
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ogormanjjka@...
laptopjockey
Mar 8, 2005 2:20 am
It wasn't me!! I promise!!! :~)...
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ehennum5
Mar 8, 2005 6:01 am
Hi, Gershon and Hedley: Several good points here: * The base DITA types that are shared by all adopters shouldn't be a kitchen sink that defines every...
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ehennum5
Mar 8, 2005 6:17 am
... I'd mention that the style portions of this proposal are a bit archaic -- the OASIS committee has had some discussion about other approaches to styling,...
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Melanie Kendell
melaniekendell
Mar 8, 2005 6:37 am
Hi All Can anyone tell us if there may be some future plans for attribute specialisation? This is a very important requirement for me and I would rather wait...
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Don Day
nodyad
Mar 8, 2005 7:35 am
Melanie, I understand the pressures on you. If you've been discouraged by the lack of conditional processing in the previous DITA toolkit offerings and having...
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Melanie Kendell
melaniekendell
Mar 9, 2005 12:49 am
Hi Don Thanks for that "light at the end of the tunnel" :) I might just pop along to Sourceforge and see if there's anything interesting ;-) -Melanie...
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Don R. Day
nodyad
Mar 9, 2005 1:46 pm
... There were two insightful responses to that original posting that I have located and again post here for what they are worth: ... What I gathered from...
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Christopher Wong
christopher_...
Mar 9, 2005 3:47 pm
Hi Melanie. I would like to put in a plug here for the DITA 1.0 standardization effort. The draft architectural specification has a whole section on the limits...
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Lori Nakon
lnakon@...
Mar 10, 2005 7:56 pm
Authoring More Effectively with DITA Wednesday, March 23, 2005 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Eastern (16:00 - 17:00 PM GMT) Authoring in topics rather than books means...
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Melanie Kendell
melaniekendell
Mar 10, 2005 9:39 pm
Hi Chris You're a genius! This may very well be the future-proof solution I've been looking for. The only problem I can see is that you would have to manually...
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ieromai
Mar 11, 2005 3:22 pm
Hi, Lori, can you tell me if this presentation is going to be available online later for the people that cannot attend it on Wednesday? Thanks, Miguel Angel...
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Lori Nakon
lnakon@...
Mar 11, 2005 4:19 pm
Hi Miguel, Yes, we will make the presentation available on our web site at http://www.arbortext.com/resources/webinars.htm for those who are unable to attend....
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boohercs
Mar 11, 2005 4:52 pm
I'm new to this group and have a general question. I hope it's appropriate for this forum. I skimmed through the message list and didn't see this question...
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Scott Abel
abelsp5315
Mar 11, 2005 5:15 pm
There's still time to register for the Chicago STC Content Management Jumpstart course. Instructor, Ann Rockley, The Rockley Group, Toronto. The course...
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Don R. Day
nodyad
Mar 11, 2005 6:17 pm
... may be ... Great quotes about DITA, Scott. But one in particular I'd like to comment on: "its developers expect that you will create your own topic types...
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Scott Abel
abelsp5315
Mar 11, 2005 6:37 pm
Thanks. I'll share this with the author of the paper. I appreciate your feedback! SCOTT ABEL Content Management Strategist 14001 Mimosa Court Noblesville, IN...
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ehennum5
Mar 11, 2005 7:02 pm
Hi, Craig: DITA content can indeed be used for document structures. The strategy is to assemble larger units of information from nested topics. One approach...
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Jennifer Linton
jnlinton2000
Mar 11, 2005 9:45 pm
At the upcoming Content Management Strategies conference on April 11-13 in Annapolis, MD, CIDM is very excited about our additional DITA topic track. However,...
