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Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] DocBook and InDesign


Giuseppe Bonelli wrote:

> I don't think that mapping DB tags to ID styles is the best approach
> to import docbook files in InDesign. The DB DTD is simply to complex
> to be managed efficently by InDesign. 

Typical DocBook document uses 20-30 elements, you don't have to cover
full DocBook in custom solution.

> I think the solution is an XSLT from DB to IDML.

But such transformation will require you to define formatting during
this transformation. Isn't there already conversion from FO into IDML?
This should be less effort. There are several tools for producing DOCX
and ODT from FO, but it would be nice to have ability to use InDesign as
FO engine.

				Jirka

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