Re: [docbook-apps] DocBook and InDesign

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Re: [docbook-apps] DocBook and InDesign
Hi all,

thanks for your feedback!
I have created a page on Wiki to gather content:
http://wiki.docbook.org/topic/DocBookInDesign

I have shamelessly reused content from your posts, please do check it is
still relevant out of context. I think this is a good starting point,
can someone add links to the ICML/IDML specifications?

Camille.

On 15/06/2010 15:18, Giuseppe Bonelli wrote:
> Hi Keith,
> thanks for the pointer to the ickmull projects. It is definitely worth
> looking at it.
>
> Based on your experience , can you please briefly elaborate on the
> main problems you may anticipate in developing a DB-ICML roundtrip
> scenario? A roundtrip solution would be very attractive indeed, as it
> would elegantly solve the problems of transferring back to the DB file
> any modification made in inDesign during the fine tuning of the
> typography (trimmed paragraph, change in the body text due to layout
> contraints and the like).
>
> Thanks,
>
> __peppo
>
> 2010/6/15 Keith Fahlgren <>:
>   
>> I agree with Jirka's assessment about transforming a subset of DocBook and
>> think this would be a relatively straightforward XSLT. I would not try to
>> roundtrip.
>>     
>
>   
>> The project is open source and available at (from memory):
>> http://code.google.com/p/ickmull/
>>     
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