Archive - Sep 2009

Date

The DITA Caper

Monday-Tuesday DITA sessions in Raleigh, NC

This upcoming Monday-Tuesday, we'll have the following DITA presentation topics covered at the RealWorld DITA 2009 Conference:   How DITA Changed the TechComm Landscape - Overview of DITA 1.2 - DITA and Publishing - DITA in an Agile Software Development Environment - DITA and Dynamic Publishing - DITADoclet tool - DITA Java API Solution/Benefits - DITA by the Bucketful (limited seating)- Collaboration Via Reuse - DITA in Action - Beyond DITA - DITA Toolkit - Case Studies - Web Services - Reliable Linking to Documentation Pages - DITA Reuse Strategy - Dynamic Content Del

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FrameMaker EDD: Setting image position

When I import a graphic into my structured FM document, it centers the image. How can I modify the FrameMaker EDD to position anchored frames on the right by default?

 In the EDD, I changed the "align" attribute in my Image element from "string" to "choice" and defined a list of choices (left, center, or right). When I import a graphic, I set the attribute value to "right, but of course it doesn't affect the graphic position because I don't know how to define "right" for FrameMaker. 

Sf Bay Arbortext PTC/User Group - September 2009 Meeting

Location: 
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/168595330
Date: 
26 Sep 2009 - 09:00 - 10:30
Event Type: 
Meeting

I'm a DITA newbie: Can I reproduce old structure or should I give it up?

We're moving from unstructured FM to Structured FM and DITA. Our procedures have always used this hiearchy:

 

Section 1

    Part 1

          Step A

             1.

                  a.

 

In DITA, we'll be limited to two step levels. Do we need to throw out our old hiearchy and adopt a much more simple approach; for example:

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DITA, Metadata Maturity, & the Case for Taxonomy

Location: 
http://www.earley.com/webinars/dita
Date: 
2 Sep 2009 - 01:00 - 02:00
Event Type: 
Webinar
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