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KmC · 04-11-2013, 10:35 PM

Hello,

Let me begin by apologizing if this sounds like a naive question, but I wanted to ask whether there are any inherent advantages of using a transform to export XML to EPUB, rather than using InDesign. It's not a simple DocBook-EPUB because the source XML is in a specific kind of XML (based on the NLM [National Library of Medicine] tag library), and thus we would need someone to develop the XSLT specifically for us.
I suggested pouring the source XML into InDesign (since it's already tagged and ready to go) and exporting it that way. It seems that it would be cheaper, easier, faster, and wouldn't require anyone to take evening classes in xProc.
Am I missing something? (I VERY well could be)

Thanks so much for any help provided.

04-11-2013, 10:35 PM	#1
KmC Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2013 Device: none	XSLT vs InDesign - best conversion process? Hello, Let me begin by apologizing if this sounds like a naive question, but I wanted to ask whether there are any inherent advantages of using a transform to export XML to EPUB, rather than using InDesign. It's not a simple DocBook-EPUB because the source XML is in a specific kind of XML (based on the NLM [National Library of Medicine] tag library), and thus we would need someone to develop the XSLT specifically for us. I suggested pouring the source XML into InDesign (since it's already tagged and ready to go) and exporting it that way. It seems that it would be cheaper, easier, faster, and wouldn't require anyone to take evening classes in xProc. Am I missing something? (I VERY well could be) Thanks so much for any help provided.