XML Publishing with Adobe InDesign

rom Adobe InDesign CS2 to InDesign CS5, the ability to work with XML content has been built into every version of InDesign. Some of the useful applications are importing database content into InDesign to create catalog pages, exporting XML that will be useful for subsequent publishing processes, and building chunks of content that can be reused in multiple publications.

In this Short Cut, we’ll play with the contents of a college course catalog and see how we can use XML for course descriptions, tables, and other content. Underlying principles of XML structure, DTDs, and the InDesign namespace will help you develop your own XML processes. We’ll touch briefly on using InDesign to “skin” XML content, exporting as XHTML, InCopy, and the IDML package. The Advanced Topics section gives tips on using XSLT to manipulate XML in conjunction with InDesign.

Contents
Extended Contents
About This Book and InDesign CS
A Brief Foray into Structured Content (a.k.a. XML)
InDesign XML Publishing: College Catalog Case Study
Importing XML
Tagging XML in InDesign
Looking Forward: InDesign as an XML “Skin”
Exporting XML
Validating XML in InDesign
What InDesign Cannot Do (or Do Well) with XML
Advanced Topics: Transforming XML with XSL
ABrief Note about InCopy and XML
A Brief Note about IDML and ICML
Summary
Resources