XMLAuthor ?

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Friends and experts,
I do not really want to work with XMLAthor, but need a clarification of this feature or product interface:

https://help.adobe.com/en_US/framemaker/2015/xmlauthor/index.html still exists
There no mentioning of XMLAuthor in the User Guide since FM-14 (2017)
Even FM-17 (2022) has files in $HOME\fminit\Workspaces for XMLAuthor
XMLAuthor is also present in the user area WorkSpaces, but stays empty

IMHO this is bloating code in FM ≥ 14 and I must not refer to it in any tool for FM ≥ 14 (ETB14up, Customising FM for FM-14 upwards etc.).
What is your knowledge with this?

K.Daube · Accepted Answer

Well, it seams clear that the life of XML Author was only two FrameMaker versions (12, 13 aka 2015) long. In FM-14 (2017) this feature does no more exist. The product as such was abandoned although communicated not very transparent. I find for example many Adobe web pages praising the product (e.g. https://helpx.adobe.com/framemaker/help/fmxa-faq.html) .

[https://adobe.fandom.com/wiki/Adobe_FrameMaker_XML_Author]

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