Depending on when you purchased FrameMaker (and how diligent Adobe was
about sending you the free upgrade if you purchased your version close in
time to release of the latest--5.5.6) you may want to look into the 5.5.6
version since it has an improved filter for Word doc import.
At 08:39 AM 4/29/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Manuscripts and Archives at Yale is currently working with a consultant on
>investigating FrameMaker, first as a tool for producing quality printed
>output from EAD-encoded files, and secondly as a possible data entry
>front-end. Our results to date have been encouraging on the first front,
>enough so to push ahead on the assumption that we will be successful in
>implementing a finding aid printing operation from EAD files in the next
>few months. The second investigation is much less promising. After a
>brief investigation, it appears that we would need to purchase the
>FrameMaker developer kit to implement an effective WYSIWYG data entry front
>end with this product. We have decided to put this part of the project on
>the back burner for the moment since there are a number of other effective
>options for producing EAD encoded finding aids through either direct
>SGML-aware applications or through conversion scripts and macros run
>against data entered into templates.
>
>FYI, FrameMaker is not cheap. Our license for the basic package (with
>educational discount) was $786. Nor is it easy to pop out of the box and
>set up - at least it wasn't for us. Our consultant, with a bit of help
>from Adobe, was finally able to create an EDD file (FrameMaker's equivalent
>of the dtd), something which had stumped us despite our best efforts to
>decipher the documentation.
>
>As we get farther along, we would be happy to share our experiences with
>anyone else thinking about generating print output directly from EAD
>instances.
>
>
>
>
>At 07:04 PM 4/29/1999 +1000, you wrote:
>>Has anyone,
>>1. used the EAD DTD with Adobe Framemaker+SGML 5.5? If so, what were your
>>experiences?
>>2. developed a Framemaker application file(EED)based on the EAD DTD?
>>
>>Before creating a Framemaker application file for the EAD from scratch, can
>>anyone point me to an existing one they might be prepared to share? I will
>>be using it for a postgraduate research project, not for profit.
>>Regards
>>__________________________________
>>Chris Blackall
>>Graduate House
>>Australian National University
>>Canberra, ACT 0261
>>email: [log in to unmask]
>>phone: 61 + 2 + 62467428
>>ANU ext: 7428
>>__________________________________
>>
>Richard V. Szary
>Director, Manuscripts and Archives
>Yale University Library
>
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