1. Information sources for the FrameMaker-XML and web FAQ presentation
Information sources for the
FrameMaker-XML and web FAQ presentation
(and my references)
Hikari Publishing website for handouts of the presentation: http://www.hikaripub.com/tips.htm
FrameMaker to XML conversion
What Source
Where Cookbook (the FrameMaker XML tutorial Program Files / Adobe / FrameMaker 7.0 / XML
by Adobe) resides on Windows (if you used the Cookbook
default installation for FrameMaker).
FrameMaker 7 Structure Application Program Files / Adobe / FrameMaker 7.0 /
Developer’s Guide Online Manual (Adobe) OnlineManuals
Back in print! Developing SGML DTDs
Not just for SGML, this is the best information By Eve Maler and Jeanne El Andaloussi
I’ve found on tagging information. It also applies Published 1996 by Prentice Hall PTR
to designing XML DTDs and FrameMaker
EDDs.
Excellent starting point for learning The Complete Reference FrameMaker7
FrameMaker 7’s structured authoring and
by Sarah S. O’Keefe and Sheila A. Loring
XML conversion.
Published in 2002 by the McGraw-Hill
Companies
Another starting point for learning Adobe FrameMaker 7.0 Classroom in a Book
FrameMaker 7’s structured authoring.
by the Adobe Creative Team
Published in 2002 by Adobe Systems
Incorporated
Cookbook’s EDD. Program Files / Adobe / FrameMaker 7.0 /
XMLCookbook / Completed
FMSGML user guide’s EDD. Program Files / Adobe / FrameMaker 7.0 /
Samples, FMSGML
Sarah O’Keefe’s whitepaper on structured http://www.scriptorium.com/structure.pdf
authoring.
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2. Information sources for the FrameMaker-XML and web FAQ presentation
DocBook information
What Source
Docbook introduction. Take My Advice, Don’t Learn XML
By Michael Smith, 2001
http://xml.oreilly.com/news/dontlearn_0701.html
DocBook links. http://www.dulug.duke.edu/~mark/docbookmark
s
DocBook the book. DocBook the Definitive Guide
by Norman Walsh and Leonard Muellner
Published 1999 by O'Reilly & Associates
This book is available free online:
http://docbook.org/tdg/en/html/docbook.html
Where the DocBook DTD and the DocBook Program Files / Adobe / FrameMaker 7.0 /
EDD for FrameMaker resides on Windows (if structure/xml/xdocbook/app
you used the default installation for
FrameMaker).
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3. Information sources for the FrameMaker-XML and web FAQ presentation
XML, XSL
What Source
For free XML, XSL tutorials and information, go http://www.google.com/
to Google and type “XML tutorial”.
There is always new stuff out there.
Online XML course Professional XML Authoring
When I took it in 2000, the instructional material http://www.online-learning.com/course_pxa_des
left a lot to be desired, but the great teacher c.html
more than made up for it (she always corrected
my work and answered my email immediately). I
bought XML books for reference.
Maybe by now, the instructional material has
been whipped into better shape.
Good start for XML XML Bible
By Elliotte Rusty Harold
Published 2001 by Hungry Minds
Good start for XSL The XSL Companion
By Neil Bradley
Published 2002 by Addison-Wesley
Excellent XSLT examples XSLT Cookbook
by Sal Mangano
Published 2003 by O’Reilly
Good review for me when I hadn’t used XML for XML Weekend Crash Course
a while. by Kay Ethier and Alan Houser
I had to be patient with typos in the code Published 2001 by Hungry Minds
examples.
I think this book would be more useful to
beginners if the instructions used stepped
procedures (instead of paragraphs).
This book stands out because a target audience
is technical writers. Most books are written for IT
types, dealing with data rather than documents.
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4. Information sources for the FrameMaker-XML and web FAQ presentation
PHP
What Source
For free PHP tutorials and information, go to http://www.google.com/
Google and type “PHP.”
There is always new stuff out there.
A programing tutorial that teaches basic http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/98/37/ind
programing concepts. ex3a.html
Introduction to Programming
by JoAnne Allen 1998
PHP online manual. http://www.php.net/manual/en/
Online tutorial. http://www.devshed.com/Server_Side/PHP/Intro
duction/page1.html
Another online tutorial. http://pgsql.designmagick.com/tutorial.php?id=4
And another online tutorial. http://www.freewebmasterhelp.com/tutorials/php
/
More PHP resources. http://www.w3schools.com/php/
I like the Visual Quickstart books. And this one is PHP for the World Wide Web
a good choice for starting out with PHP. by Larry Ullman
Published 2001 by Peachpit Press
I use Dreamweaver with PHP and MySql, and Dreamweaver MX: PHP Web Development
found this book useful. by Gareth Downes-Powell, Tim Green, Bruno
Mairlot
Published 2002 by glasshous Ltd.
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5. Information sources for the FrameMaker-XML and web FAQ presentation
Database
I use PHP, Apache, and MySQL so that’s what these references are about.
What Source
Free download of an integrated PHP, Apache, http://www.firepages.com.au
and MySQL application. I chose the un-beta version: phpdev423.exe
When I followed the directions, all was working, 10.49MB
with no trials and tribulations (!). When I needed advice, I went to:
(I used the Windows version.) http://www.firepages.com.au/forum
MySQL online tutorial http://www.devshed.com/Server_Side/MySQL/In
tro/page1.html
SQL online tutorial http://www.intermedia.net/support/sql/sqltut.sht
m
I use Dreamweaver with PHP and MySqL, and http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/topics/php.
found these links useful. html
I really liked this book. It is well written, clear, PHP and MySQL Web Development, Second
and concise. Be sure to get the second edition. Edition
by Luke Welling and Laura Thomson
Published 2003 by Sams
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