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FrameMaker reads the structure definitions from the XML DTD and creates an EDD. You
can then begin to define formatting rules in the EDD. FrameMaker 8 also allows you to
define element formats by importing a cascading style sheet.
Creating an EDD from a Structured Document
After you have converted an unstructured document to a structured document, you can
generate a FrameMaker EDD (Element Definition Document) from your newly-converted
document. FrameMaker uses the EDD to associate formatting information with XML ele-
ments. FrameMaker 8 improves the initial EDD that you can automatically generate by
including both structure and format information from the original sample document.
If you already have a cascading style sheet that defines the format of your XML elements,
FrameMaker 8 allows you to import the CSS style definitions into the EDD. This allows
you to quickly set up on-screen and PDF formatting and can simplify the maintenance of
your EDD formatting rules.
MIGRATING TO STRUCTURE
FrameMaker provides a sophisticated mechanism for converting unstructured content into
structured content for output as XML. Built-in conversion tables allow you to specify map-
pings for how to translate paragraph tags and other cues into a structured hierarchy. This
means that you can quickly repurpose content from word-processing files and unstruc-
tured FrameMaker files into structured content for use in XML-based workflows.
Creating a Conversion Table
1. Open an unstructured FrameMaker document. Choose StructureTools>Generate
Conversion Table. You can generate a new conversion table, or update an existing
conversion table. FrameMaker automatically generates an initial conversion table based
on the unstructured FrameMaker document’s template formats.
FrameMaker EDD created from XML DTD.
