Publishing DITA files in Frontmatter and Backmatter

[Smith_SK]

Hello,

I am using FM11 and DITA 1.2.

I have a bookmap that consists of <frontmatter>, 3 <chapter>, 3 <appendix>, and <backmatter>.

In <frontmatter>, I have two <topicref> elements that contain DITA files

In the <backmatter> I have my glossary DTIA file.

When I save the ditamap as Book 11 with fm components none of the files in <frontmatter> and <backmatter> publish.

I have the ditafm-output.ini set up to GenerateFlatBook=1

Regards,

Stan

[ScottPrentice · Accepted solution]

Hi Stan...

I could be wrong .. but I believe that FM ignores everythign within a <frontmatter> or <backmatter> element. No, that's not the "right" thing to do, but as far as I know that's the way it is.

In order to have FM properly recognze these elements (including build generated lists from the related elements .. <toc>, <indexlist>, etc.), you'll need to use DITA-FMx ..

     http://leximation.com/dita-fmx/

Cheers,

...scott

Scott Prentice

Leximation, Inc,

www.leximation.com

[Smith_SK]

Thanks Scott.