FrameMaker Structured EDD Development Workbook Version 18.0.0 (2026)

Getting Started

  Introduction

  Downloading class files

  Understanding How an EDD Controls Structure and Formatting

  Visualizing a Content Model

  Hardcopy Sample for Structure Diagram

  Relationship between EDD Elements and their component parts

  Basic Types of Elements You Can Define

Initial Definition of Your First Element

  Introduction

  Setting up your editing environment

  Specifying an Element Tag

  Specifying Element Type

  Specifying a ValidHighestLevel Element

  Placing Comments in Element Definitions

  Moving forward

GeneralRule for Containers and Footnotes

  Introduction

  Syntax

  Writing the initial GeneralRules for basic elements

  Importing and Testing

  Adding to, modifying, and updating the EDD

GeneralRule for Tables and Table Parts

  Introduction

  Syntax

  Referencing and Defining the Table Element

  Defining Table Part Elements

  Reimporting and Testing

Tables-InitialStructurePattern and InitialTableFormat

  Introduction

  Specifying an InitialStructurePattern

  Specifying the InitialTableFormat

  Reimporting and Testing

Inclusions and Exclusions

  Introduction

  Defining Inclusions

  Defining Exclusions

  Reimporting and Testing Inclusions and Exclusions

AutoInsertions

  Introduction

  Specifying Autoinserted Child Elements

  Specifying Autoinserted Child and Nested Child Elements

  Reimporting and Testing Item and Para Autoinsertions

Defining and Formatting Objects

  Introduction

  CrossReference Elements

  Equation Elements

  Graphic Elements

  Marker Elements

  SystemVariableFormatRule

Attribute List

  Introduction

  Basic Types of Attributes and Their Parts

  Defining attributes for metadata

  Defining Attributes for Prefixes and Formatting

  Defining Attributes for Cross-Referencing

AllContext formatting rules

  Introduction

  The parts that make up TextFormatRules

  Specifying the ElementPgfFormatTag

  Understanding an AllContextsRule

ContextRule formatting rules

  Introduction

  Writing a ContextRule

  ContextRule-Naming Ancestors

  ContextRule-Naming Siblings and Naming Attribute Values

  Writing a LevelRule

  Using Context Labels

  Optional Exercise

First/LastParagraphRules

  Introduction

  Specifying First/LastParagraphRules

PrefixRules and SuffixRules

  Introduction

  Specifying PrefixRules and SuffixRules

Elements for Structuring Books

  Introduction

  Defining and Testing Book Elements

  Generating a FrameMaker Book

Structuring Unstructured Data

  Introduction

  Rule Syntax-Character Restrictions

  Wildcard character (%) in Tags:

  Methods for Producing a Conversion Table

  Typing the Conversion Rules

  Completed Conversion Table

  Structuring Unstructured Documents