FrameMaker: Structured or Unstructured?

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Introduction

At the 2004 WritersUA and STC Conferences, structured FrameMaker and XML were among the more popular session topics. There is obviously significant interest in the user assistance community about authoring XML documents with structured FrameMaker. This is not surprising, as many organizations are struggling with the problems of creating and delivering increasing amounts of user assistance in multiple formats, and managing their content in a way that maximizes their capabilities to reuse content across multiple publications.
This article provides an introduction to structured FrameMaker and describes the advantages of using this approach for content development. The article is presented through the following sections:

• Overview of FrameMaker and structured FrameMaker.
• Key differences between structured and unstructured FrameMaker.
• Overview of the structured FrameMaker authoring and publishing environment.
• Overview of the support files and migration effort.
• Key factors for choosing structured or unstructured FrameMaker.

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