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This course aims to show experienced InDesign features how to incorporate XML into their workflows. Delegates will be given an introduction into XML, DTDs and XSLT as well as importing and exporting XML into and out of InDesign.
Fundamentals
About markup languages, What is XML?, XML and SGML, How mark-up languages work, Representation of document structure, Multi-platform publishing, Modelling content with XML
XML basics
XML elements, The root element, Creating XML tags, Parent and child elements, Entities, PCData, and CData, Element attributes, White space, Adding comments, Well-formed XML documents
DTDs
Overview of XML validation, XML parsers, Creating DTDs, Internal and external DTDs, Element declaration, Attribute declaration, Declaring internal entities, Declaring external entities, InDesign XML basics
Summary of XML features
Typical workflows , Using the Tags window, Creating and editing tags, Applying tags to text frames, Applying tags to image frames , Applying tags to inline frames , Importing tags, Show Tag Markers, XML and InDesign tables, XML and images
Importing XML
Importing XML files, Tagging preset options , Mapping tags to style, Manually formating XML, Embedding style names in XML files, Creating repeating elements, Using XSL stylesheets
Using DTDs
Industry-standard DTDs, Importing DTDs, Validating documents with DTDs
Exporting XML
Tagging items for XML export, Selecting elements for export, Setting export options
