Re: DITA Editor

[Tim Sadler <chillyhat -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Going through a similar exercise.  Have a look at the Serna editor from Syntext:

http://www.syntext.com

It's highly configurable, WYSIWYG and supports DITA.  Also it's more
user-friendly out-of-the-box than the Altova product.

Tim

On 13/07/05, Lisa Hickling <Lisa -dot- Hickling -at- realsuitesoftware -dot- com> wrote:
> 
> I'm working on an online help project that requires document conversion
> from proprietary formats to XML, specifically, DITA. Most of our
> existing documentation is maintained in unstructured FrameMaker. Has
> anyone worked with the DITA EDD for FrameMaker?
> 
> While I don't mind hand-tagging documents, the process is time consuming
> and error prone. Additionally, we must allow for other team members who
> are not very familiar with XML. Has anyone used Altova Authentic to
> create or edit DITA documents? I've found it a little clumsy in placing
> task elements, is there a workaround for this? Otherwise, perhaps you
> can suggest another really good WYSIWYG XML editor that supports DITA.
> 
> All comments/suggestions/experiences will be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Lisa H.
> GTA, ON

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