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Adobe FramemakerAdobe FrameMaker is a Desktop Publishing Application that is popular for large documents produced by Adobe Systems. Although (or perhaps because) FrameMaker has evolved slowly in recent years, it maintains a strong following among professional technical writers. In terms of all-in-one packages optimized for technical writers, FrameMaker remains unrivalled. But in terms of high-end technical publication departments, native XML authoring systems are starting to take over. In terms of new standards, FrameMaker has more or less kept up with the times: XML, Unicode and WebDAV are examples. But at heart it is a proprietary single-desktop-oriented system based on a binary file format. Configuring it for XML is a difficult, expensive process and some XML features do not nicely integrate with built-in FrameMaker features. Microsoft Word has similar problems in its XML incarnation. FrameMaker became an Adobe product in 1985 when Adobe purchased Frame Inc. Adobe added SGML support which eventually morphed into today's XML support. In April of 2004, Adobe ceased support of FrameMaker for the Macintosh. This reinvigorated widespread rumours that FrameMaker is being wound down in terms of product development and support. Adobe strenuously denies thishttp://www.macobserver.com/article/2001/02/09.4.shtml. External Links http://www.adobe.com/products/framemaker/main.html
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