Structured Read/Write Rules
Read/write rules can be entered into a text file or a FrameMaker
file. A FrameMaker rules file can be either structured or
unstructured. Text Structure Consulting, Inc., provides a structured
template for read/write rules. Use of the structured template
spares the developer the need to remember the exact syntax of rules
and spelling of keywords. Complete documentation of the template is
available (see Products). Since
the element names are mnemonic and the element structure follows the
rule syntax, the template is easy to use even without the
documentation.
The FrameMaker 7.0 version of the structured read/write rules
template and its EDD (Version FM7.0TSC2.1, released November
20, 2002) are available in zip file
rules7.zip
,
which contains:
rules7.edd
- The EDD
rules7.tpl
- The FrameMaker 7.0 version of the template
FrameMaker+SGML 5.5.6 and FrameMaker+SGML 6.0 versions are also
available. These files are in zip file
rules.zip
,
which contains:
501.edd
- The May, 2001 version of the EDD
rules.tpl
- The FrameMaker+SGML 5.5.6 version of the template
rules6.tpl
- The FrameMaker+SGML 6.0 version of the template