Re: integrating authored content with generated API docs

Subject: Re: integrating authored content with generated API docs
From: Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com>
To: TECHWR-L Writing <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Sat, 28 May 2016 16:57:06 -0700

It's not rocket science, but I was never able to get it to work. The
project was cancelled, so I never figured out if it was a bug in the
Confluence API or what.

On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 11:42 AM, Mark Baker <mbaker -at- analecta -dot- com> wrote:
>
> Could be, depending on how links are stored internally and whether or not
> you can specify the name of a page when you create it. It you need to use an
> ID assigned by the system then one approach would be to create all the pages
> blank, get their IDs and then update them with the links updated to use the
> provided IDs. More than just an bit of XSLT required to do that, but not
> rocket science.
>
> Then again, some systems do put up barriers, so you don't know for sure
> until you try. It is possible with many tools. Can't say for sure about all.
>
>> The challenge in importing anything beyond a single page into
>> Confluence is preserving the cross-references.
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References:
integrating authored content with generated API docs: From: Robert Lauriston
RE: integrating authored content with generated API docs: From: mbaker
Re: integrating authored content with generated API docs: From: Robert Lauriston
Fwd: integrating authored content with generated API docs: From: Robert Lauriston
Re: integrating authored content with generated API docs: From: Robert Fekete
Re: integrating authored content with generated API docs: From: Tom Johnson
RE: integrating authored content with generated API docs: From: mbaker
Re: integrating authored content with generated API docs: From: Robert Lauriston
RE: integrating authored content with generated API docs: From: Mark Baker
Re: integrating authored content with generated API docs: From: Robert Lauriston
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