XML for InDesign

Hello

I'm completely new in Adobe InDesign area, so maybe my question is not reasonable enough. I apologize, if so. In addition, if my problem is not following this forum, please redirect me to the right.

We have our content arranged in the form of XML documents. The nature of the contents: source for books and articles. We want to publish this content as a PDF by InDesign documents. Scrolling InDesign tutorials I see two possible ways to do so. First - turn required available (XSLT) our XML document to the accomplishment of IDML format. Secondly - create in InDesign something like a dummy document requirements of start-up Guard, and then import XML document mode "merge content", to InDesign, making previously structure and vocabulary of transformation (XSLT, once again) reason to match a representation of the data in InDesign.

My questions like: where is the wiser? Is perhaps a third way, better than two mentioned? If I decided to build the IDML format directly from our native XML, could I find all the tools to help me do this?

I would add, our structure of the content and you are looking for available are not simple. On the contrary, they are quite complex.

Thanks in advance,

Konstanty

Interesting work. The XML seems to be very consistent and can be compared to the current PDF almost page-by-page.

I noticed, it seems there are no ligatures used anywhere in the file PDF - not only to typical an' Th' Minion Pro, but not for the almost mandatory "fi" and "fl". (Of course, it could have been both a design choice.)

A direct path to XML, IDML is very, very difficult. IDML is not the most user-friendly format! Through intermediaries and the design of the target looking at, I believe INX would serve much better!

Other than IDML, an INX file is a single file, and you don't have to provide specific values for each element. In its simple form, just plain text as well as an indication of what paragraph style to use enough! But everything I see in the PDF file, including notes, should be possible as well.

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