Dorothy J. Hoskins - XML and InDesign [2013, PDF/EPUB, ENG]

Chapter 1 : A Brief Foray into Structured Content (a.k.a. XML)

Chapter 2 : InDesign XML Publishing: College Catalog Case StudyData-Like Content Example: The Course Description XML
Topical Content: The Handbook XML
Chapter 3 : Importing XMLDoing It Adobe’s Way: The Placeholder Approach
Mingling Non-XML and XML Content in a Text Flow
Doing It Your Way: Using the Options for Your Own Process
Understanding InDesign’s XML Import Options
Importing Images
Chapter 4 : Tagging XML in InDesignThe Case for Tagging Content: Why You Need XML
Tagging for Import
Tagging for Iterative XML Development
Chapter 5 : Looking Forward: InDesign as an XML “Skin”

Chapter 6 : Exporting XMLMarking Up (Tagging) Existing Content for XML Export
The Special Case of InDesign Tables (Namespaced XML)
Tagging Images as XML in InDesign
Chapter 7 : Exporting ePub Content (InDesign CS5.5 and CS6)Export in XML Order Compared with Page Layout and Article Pane Order
Alternate Layouts and XML Are Not Compatible Features
Chapter 8 : Validating XML in InDesignWhy Validate?
How to Validate XML in InDesign
Authoring with a DTD
Fast and Light Credo: Develop Now, Validate Later
Chapter 9 : What InDesign Cannot Do (or Do Well) with XMLThe 1:1 Import Conundrum
Bad Characters
Inscrutable Errors, Messages, and Crashes
InDesign Is Not an XML Authoring Tool
Chapter 10 : Advanced Topics - Transforming XML with XSLXSLT for Wrangling XML versus XML Scripting for Automating XML Publishing
XSL: Extracting Elements from a Source XML File for a New Use
XSL: Getting the Elements to Sort Themselves
XSL: Getting Rid of Elements You Don’t Want
Creating Wrappers for Repeating Chunks
Making a Table from Element Structures
Upcasting Versus Downcasting
Upcasting from HTML to XML for InDesign Import
Downcasting to HTML
Generate a Link with XSLT (Not Automated)
Adding Useful Attributes to XML
A Word about Using Find/Change for XML Markup in InDesign
Chapter 11 : Content Model Depth Issues and Their Impact on Round-Tripping XMLThe Challenge of Mapping Deep DTDs to Shallow InDesign Structures
The Challenge of Mapping Shallow Structures to Deep DTD Structures
Use of Semantic ids and Style Names (Expert-Level Development)
Chapter 12 : Brief NotesA Brief Note about InCopy and XML
A Brief Note about IDML and ICML
Summary
Appendix : ResourcesInDesign Resources
XML Resources
XSLT Resources
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