### 15.1.1 Understanding the complexity of a DITA conversion project

Be aware that conversion to another source format, such as DITA XML, can be difficult, especially if you are converting an unstructured document. There are no shortcuts. You might need days or weeks to get it right, working with small test documents, before you can go into production.

You can view a Scriptorium Publishing webinar about the process, showing several alternatives:

http://bit.ly/61MvPx

Click View Event Recordings and choose Converting Unstructured FrameMaker to DITA; the Mif2Go part of the presentation starts at 33:15.

You can also view a YouTube video created by Yves Barbion that shows how to get image attributes from FrameMaker into DITA via Mif2Go:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAuQwEn_ogw

| 15.1 Generating DITA XML with Mif2Go |  | 15.1.2 Understanding what you need to know about DITA |