Format rules v. para and char formats in FM+SGML

[hedley_finger@xxxxxxxxxxx]

All:

Many of the structured document EDDs I have looked up have no char formats
and only one para format, Body.  All other typographic specifications of
elements are done by format rules modifying the properties of the basic
Body para format.

It seems to me that, especially when migrating from legacy unstructured
documents to FM+SGML, a lot of headache would be saved if elements were
mapped onto existing para and char formats.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of either approach?

[Windows 2000, FrameMaker 6.0p405, FrameScript 1.27C01, Enhance 2.03,
Acrobat 4.05.2, mif2go 31r25, IXgen 5.5.h]

Regards,
Hedley

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