Re: [xsl] Writing stylesheets for Web and PDF output?

[Dan Vint <dvint@xxxxxxxxx>]

Arbortext is there as the editing tool. Publishing happens via two 
other products that talk to the database directly. I hadn't really 
thought about the workflow until these postings, I was trying to 
avoid additional steps, but there is probably nothing keeping me from 
doing this. Can't hurt to ask anyway ;-)

..dan

At 04:06 PM 5/26/2012, you wrote:
> On May 26, 2012, at 5:18 PM, Dan Vint wrote:
>
> > Anything I add has to be done after the fact.
>
> The same here.  The CSDB we use is limited. The data is stored in a 
> Database and exported at the time of publishing. On export, it's in 
> S1000D format and I can process as I wish. From there we use what 
> ever processor we like. In our case, Saxon (xslt 2.0) and FOP. We 
> can publish online or via a Desk Top Application written on Java. 
> Your CSDB must be able to output to S1000D? Once you have the 
> exported S1000D output, you can do what you want with.
>
> It sounds like you publish via ArborText (for the convenience of the 
> tech writers). We use xmetal for the tech writers and xmlspy for the 
> developers, but publish through a desktop app if they choose to. In 
> fact, some of the books require a lot of memory and must be publish 
> via a 64bit server. So we give both options.

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