I'm looking for others better acquainted with InDesign and Framemaker to weigh in on the probability of InDesign supplanting Framemaker in the not-too-distant future.
My company is mulling a switch to structured authoring and XML-based content management to more easily control source documents for different print applications (mobile, web, print). We've long used unstructured Framemaker as a traditional DTP program due to several advantages it has over InDesign for the kinds of documents we publish.
In the process of researching structured authoring and trying to determine whether Framemaker was adequate to our needs, several people have mentioned they suspect Framemaker will eventually be folded into InDesign, and the single program will be marketed to both the quick-to-print folks and the technical documentation audience. As I understand, one of the key strengths of Framemaker is the native XML support and structured authoring tools, so I find it hard to believe that these features could or would be easily added to InDesign.
Thanks,
M