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    • January 20, 2010 at 8:07 am #54538
      Anonymous
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      Hi!

      New to XML and I am currently researching incorporating XML/InDesign to my workflow here at work. We're a small publishing company that deals mainly with several monthly newsletters for print. We're in the process of moving everything over from Quark to InDesign and we're checking into XML in this new system as well.

      I was wondering the capabilities of importing XML into InDesign and it's ability with CSS. My boss has asked me to research this and I seem to not be able to find anything online in regards to XML, InDesign and CSS.

      Any info?

      Thanks

      M

    • January 20, 2010 at 9:57 am #54550
      David Blatner
      Keymaster

      I suggest going doing a search on indesignsecrets.com for XML. There's lots of stuff on the site. Check out Jim Maivald's book on XML for InDesign, too.

      However, my philosophy is clear on this: If there is any reasonable way to do a project in InDesign that does not involve XML, you should take that route. XML is wonderful, but it's not for the faint of heart or the sloppy of mind, and there are many other better solutions for the problems people are trying to tackle.

    • January 20, 2010 at 2:47 pm #54557
      Theunis De Jong
      Member

      .. I seem to not be able to find anything online in regards to XML, InDesign and CSS.

      Not with those three terms together. As David said, yes, there are workflows possible that use XML for input into InDesign (I believe there is even a book entirely on that topic — Harness The Power). Me, I export hand-tagged XML to a database format.

      CSS, however, is the odd one out. CSS is the style-description format of HTML and related stuff (XSL-FO, ePubs); but other than a very basic style sheet when exporting to XHTML, ID does not use it, not for import and not for export. Practically, there is no reason to mention the two in one sentence, unless it is “InDesign doesn't really do anything with CSS”.

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