Help generating DTD and Read/Write Rules

Hi all,

I’m trying to structure a large number of unstructured FM8 files using DITA 1.2 and FM10. I’m having some trouble with the EDD/DTD/Read Write Rules and was hoping someone could help me out.

My current understanding of how to set things up for structured authoring is the following:

1. Create a structured template.
2. Use that template to export an EDD.
3. Use the EDD to save a DTD.
4. Generate Read/Write Rules using the DTD.

I’m having trouble with steps 3-4. My main concerns are how to generate a legal DTD and how to use the Structured Application Designer to get RW Rules. At the moment, the only way I can generate a legal DTD from my EDD is to remove the Structured Application specification at the beginning of the EDD (see below).

I attended a webinar that said the Structured Application did not have to be specified to extract the DTD. Is this accurate? Will it impact my DTD?

Once I get the DTD, I’ve been trying to use the Structured Application Designer to generate the RW Rules.

I select Add Element Map With Name > dtd. When the list of elements appears, I select all of them and add them to the Import-Export Settings and Save the new Structured Application; however, this does not seem to have any impact on the files I’m trying to structure and save as xml.

Am I missing something? If anyone can identify some key steps I’m missing or has experience using the Structured Application Designer that could give me some tips, I would really appreciate it. This is my first time working with xml and structure, so any guidance would be great!

Thanks,

D'Arcy