XPath-based transformations in structured FrameMaker
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XSLT allows you to transform the structure of XML files into anything you need. As structured FrameMaker is not exactly XML but follows the same structured design, the capabilities of XSLT within the FrameMaker environment can be very useful. The FrameSLT plug-in produced by West Street Consulting offers this functionality at a very low price. This presentation gives an introduction to what the tool can do, and what it means to do transformations of structure in technical documents.
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