Monday, January 11, 2010

FAQ: XML template?

Q: Do I have to create a special XML template to be able to export document content using BatchXSLT for InDesign?

A: No. BatchXSLT for InDesign exports detailed style information and a CSS (and much more). This enables the web guys to create a transform to map styles to dedicated XML elements - if they want...
So, XML mapping should be done by web folks. Compositors should be freed from the challenge to map style names to XML tags. The compositor's job simply is to bring content out of InDesign. All further processing is the web team's job.

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