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DITA: Opportunities To Help Shape The Standard, Promote DITA Adoption, Develop Real-World Solutions

Friday, June 13, 2008

Want to get involved in the formation of one of the most important XML standards impacting content professionals? You can. And, you should. The folks at OASIS—the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards—have made it easy for just about ...

Filed under: DITA : Adoption : Usage : XML

Let’s Get Real: The Secret To Making The Case For DITA Adoption To The Rest Of The World

Sunday, June 08, 2008

By Scott Abel, The Content Wrangler

The Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) is seeking participants to help move the adoption of the Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) forward, pushing the value proposition of DITA ...

Filed under: DITA : Adoption : Usage : Structured Content : XML : Examples

DITA Maturity Model Community: Call for Your Participation

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Enterprises looking to fast track their content strategy and minimize the risks of a “big-bang” initiative are choosing DITA--one of the most popular information models to suit today’s content–rich, multi-channel environment. But how do you know where to begin? How do ...

Filed under: DITA : Usage : XML : Examples

The Real Promise of DITA is NOT Publishing Cookbooks

Thursday, December 06, 2007

By Scott Abel, The Content Wrangler

Structured content gurus frequently cite the creation of cookbooks as an example of the power of XML. They use recipes because—we assume—nearly everyone is familiar with the recipe as a document type and such examples may make it ...

Filed under: DITA : Usage : XML : Examples

DITA For Business Documents? New OASIS Committee Says “Yes!”

Monday, December 03, 2007

Think DITA is just for procedural technical documents? Think again.

A new OASIS DITA sub-committee has been announced whose purpose it is to explore using the popular technical documentation standard known as the Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) ...

Filed under: DITA : Usage

The Rockley Blog: A Handy Online Reference for Content Creators and Managers

Monday, September 17, 2007

The content management gurus at The Rockley Blog. Of interest to folks looking for a standard XML schema is the post, DITA: Not Just for Tech Docs, which outlines several reasons why the popular XML ...

Filed under: Blogs & Blogging : DITA : Usage

Have It Your Way: Dynamic Technical Content Delivery Using DITA

Friday, August 31, 2007

If you’re just using XML to publish to pre-defined PDF, HTML and Help formats, you are missing the boat. The real promise of XML is in supporting dynamic, personalized content delivery – and you don’t have to change a thing about how you create content now. No, it’s ...

Filed under: DITA : Usage

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