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Did you mean XML -> XSL -> MIF -> Frame -> PDF for the last option? If not, how is the XML -> MIF leg done? James Robertson wrote: > > At 06:08 22/10/1999 , Eric Muller wrote: > > >Sebastian Rahtz wrote: > > > > > I was wondering > > > about writing something to transform FOs into the tagged text format > > > that InDesign supports for import. Is anyone familiar with that markup > > > set? Is it capable enough? > > > >The documentation for it is on the InDesign CD. [snip] > > > >On the other hand, the plug-in mechanism seems much better. In fact, the > >SDK tutorial has an example of an import filter that creates a document > >from scratch. > > Framemaker would seem to be a good > choice for this sort of work. > > It has two languages: MML (simpler), > and MIF (more powerful), allowing you to > choice the best import language for the job > at hand. My understanding is that MIF allows > you to specify frames, graphics, tables, etc. > > But why would you want to: > > XML -> XSL -> XSL:FO -> MIF -> Frame -> PDF > > When you could just go: > > XML -> MIF -> Frame -> PDF > > The former process would seem to introduce two > limiting factors: the expressiveness of both XSL:FO > and MIF. You could only really get the features > that were implemented in both ... > > Stil, I guess it could be done, > > J > > ------------------------- > James Robertson > Step Two Designs Pty Ltd > SGML, XML & HTML Consultancy > http://www.steptwo.com.au/ > jamesr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > "Beyond the Idea" > ACN 081 019 623 > > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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