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FrameMaker DITA Feature Comparison
This document provides a comparison of the features in
the default FrameMaker 8 DITA support, DITA-FMx 0.0 (free), and
DITA-FMx 1.0. Note that DITA-FMx 0.0 supports FM 7.1 and FM7.2 and
DITA-FMx 1.0 supports FM7.2 and FM8.
Updated 6 July 2008
DITA Map Support
| Feature |
FM8 DITA |
DITA-FMx 0.0 |
DITA-FMx 1.0 |
| DITA map authoring (structure application provided) |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| Tree-structured collapsible structure view |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| Tags-on/tags-off view |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| Drag and drop interface |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| Edit referenced topics and maps by clicking topicref |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| Visual notification of missing references |
LIMITED |
YES |
YES |
| Create and edit relationship tables |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| Open all referenced files in map |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| Insert new topic as topicref |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| Update all topicref labels in map |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| Topicref label options (title, file name, or
both) |
NO |
NO |
YES |
| Search for content in referenced files |
NO |
NO |
YES |
| Generate a FM book (for search and spell check)
that contains all referenced XML files |
NO |
NO |
YES |
New File Creation
| Feature |
FM8 DITA |
DITA-FMx 0.0 |
DITA-FMx 1.0 |
| Create new topic or map based on type |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| Automatically generate topic file name based on
title text and other building blocks |
NO |
NO |
YES |
| Specify custom template for new topic or map |
NO |
NO |
YES |
| Insert prolog data on file creation |
NO |
NO |
YES |
| Create a DITA map and stub topic files from a simple
FrameMaker or text file |
NO |
NO |
YES |
| New DITA file from “File” menu |
NO |
NO |
YES |
| Ability to overwrite an existing file on file creation |
NO |
NO |
YES |
| Ability to create new topic folders based on topic
type on file creation |
NO |
NO |
YES |
Topic Authoring Support
| Feature |
FM8 DITA |
DITA-FMx 0.0 |
DITA-FMx 1.0 |
| Tree-structured collapsible structure view |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| Tags-on/tags-off view |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| Drag and drop interface |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| Dynamic “conref” creation and management |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| Automatically assign IDs to required elements |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| Dynamic “xref” creation and management |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| Auto smart-spaces |
NO |
YES |
YES |
| Context sensitive Help for element structure |
NO |
YES |
YES |
| Limit the number of files opened when resolving
references |
NO |
YES |
YES |
| Provide support for multiple selection of filtering
attribute values |
NO |
NO |
YES |
| Dynamic “link” (in related-links section) creation
and management |
NO |
NO |
YES |
| Strip XML padding from pretty-printed files |
NO |
NO |
YES |
| Supports “pgwide” tables |
NO |
NO |
YES |
| Properly round-trips column widths in simpletable
and choicetable elements |
NO |
NO |
YES |
| Automatically insert prolog data on file save |
NO |
NO |
YES |
| Determine where an element or topic is referenced
(Where Used command) |
NO |
NO |
YES |
| Validate manually updated ID attributes |
NO |
NO |
YES |
| Convert xrefs and links into FrameMaker Hyperlinks that are live hyperlinks in generated PDF files |
NO |
NO |
YES |
| Provide ability to convert conrefs into editable text |
NO |
NO |
YES |
| Allow the specification of a DPI value for images displayed in FrameMaker while using an alternate size for the same image rendered through the OT |
NO |
NO |
YES |
| Compatible with XDocs 1.1 XML CMS from Bluestream |
NO |
NO |
YES |
Output Support
| Feature |
FM8 DITA |
DITA-FMx 0.0 |
DITA-FMx 1.0 |
| Generate output from the DITA Open Toolkit |
YES
(Extra plugin needed.)
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YES
(Integrated.)
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YES
(Integrated.)
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| Generate an FM document from all topics in the
map |
YES |
NO |
NO |
| Map to book (aggregates all topics into FM chapters
for PDF output) |
YES |
YES
(Except FM7.1 version.) |
YES |
| Map to book output can be created at any location |
NO |
YES |
YES |
| Map to book output supports any source folder structure |
NO |
YES |
YES |
| Apply filtering to generated book based on ditaval
file |
NO |
YES |
YES |
| Specify ditaval file for DITA-OT output |
NO |
YES |
YES |
| Simple integration with OT 1.4 (using the EnvironmentSetup
parameter) |
NO |
YES |
YES |
| Integrated ditaval file creation/management |
NO |
NO |
YES |
| Allow FM variables to persist through the Map to Book process |
NO |
NO |
YES |
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