By jasonwhat on

The latest version of word includes the ability to define xml schema to apply to content when saving as xml. I believe this can also be done with open office's writer. This makes using these word processors for content creation more of a reality, especially with some good xml import export modules and functions in Drupal.

While I know all developers hate Word, I don't blame them, I'm a big fan of making Drupal more word processor friendly since that is what the folks out there in the "real" (read "non-techie") world are comfortable using to create content. I'm not talking about Word to do anything complex, just being able to write a blog or news story and post it without complications.

I discuss this here:
http://drupal.org/node/42896 and here
http://drupal.org/node/42364



I'm wondering if there is a Drupal friendly or specific xml schema that I could import into Word 12 or Open Office to help them output Drupal friendly xml. Actually, I know there is, but I'm just not sure where to find it. Any guidance would be great.
Thanks.

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nedjo’s picture

nedjo
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Drupal, of course, doesn't store its data in XML, and so there is no general XML schema for drupal content (or taxonomies, etc.).

You can generate an XML schema from database tables, but this doesn't tend to be very useful.

There are several XML formats used to transmit Drupal data. These include (for content) RSS, Atom, Docbook, and OPML. Of these, Docbook is likely the most word processing friendly. Not sure, though, if Docbook is import into Drupal is implemented, yet.

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sepeck commented

Maybe http://drupal.org/node/14858

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