Just a heads up to FrameMaker folks that Adobe will present on TCS and DITA, and separately on FrameMaker/books and ditamaps, at the upcoming RealWorld DITA 2009 Conference.

More conference presentation details at http://www.aboveandbeyondlearning.com/ditaschedule.html .

Today I got the word that an article I wrote is available on IBM's DeveloperWorks. 

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-publish/

Working with FrameMaker, when you use the menu (DITA > New DITA File) and choose a topic type (topic, task, concept, reference), FrameMaker creates a new file that starts with the "dita" element.

 If you plan to create small FrameMaker files that will be components of longer files (such as several topics that will later be combined into a chapter file), note that you will need to ensure your component files do not start with the "dita" element. 

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FrameMaker 8 includes DITA support, and works well for creating new content.  Converting existing FrameMaker content poses a few challenges.  One of these challenges, converting FrameMaker cross references to Structured FrameMaker cross reference elements, is addressed herein.

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