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I m p l e m e n t i n g a n X M L o r S G M L a p p l i c a t i o n i n t h e
F r a m e M a k e r p u b l i s h i n g e n v i r o n m e n t
Provision must also be made for ongoing support. As they use the application, end users
will occasionally have questions or encounter bugs. They may need to use structures that
have not already been defined.
Maintenance While the application development effort decreases over time, some
maintenance should always be expected. In addition to needing bugs fixed, applications
may be changed to accommodate new formatting, to encompass additional documents, and
to track updates to the DTD.
The Implementation Team So far, the different phases in the development of an markup
application have been enumerated. Implementing those phases requires a team of people
with different areas of expertise.
All large projects begin with an analysis phase. Participants must include both end users
and developers, who will work on the eventual implementation. For an XML or SGML
project, the end users include.
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Authors, editors, and graphic designers (production formatters) who will use the editing
and publishing application
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Subject-matter experts familiar with the content requirements of the documents to be
processed.
Developers include individuals with expertise in
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Markup
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FrameMaker
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Any other markup tools to be used
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Additional software tools, such as document management systems and database
packages
Additional participants in the analysis may contribute significantly to the project definition
even if they will neither develop nor use the completed application. For example, the
organization's Web advocate may be able to identify some requirements that do not affect
the rest of the team.
The skill sets required within the implementation team include document design, markup
knowledge, setting up FrameMaker formatting templates, and setting up formatting rules
that control automatic application of the desired graphic design to structured documents. If
the FDK is used, programming skills are also needed. Of course, technical writing skills in
documenting the finished application are a valuable contribution to the completed effort.
Technical Steps in FrameMaker Application Development
This section enumerates the tasks involved in developing a FrameMaker application and
defines the files containing modules of the application that the application developer
maintains.
Structure Application Developer's Guide
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