Articles

Paradigm Shifts are Never Pretty: Advice on Making the Move to XML Authoring

Monday, June 16, 2008

By Sarah O’Keefe, Scriptorium Publishing Services, Inc.

Most people are risk-averse, and profound changes such as the move to structured authoring require new skills and workflows. To ensure a successful transition, XML implementers need to assess their team members, ...

Filed under: DITA : Adoption : Structured Content : Technical Writing : XML

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

How to Rewrite Content for Reuse

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

More than just discussing why reuse is valuable, in this article from DCL News Pamela Kostur tells you how to do it. Pamela advises on how to convert your unstructured (or loosely-structured) legacy documentation into something more suitable for reuse. Why not just ...

Filed under: Content Reuse : DITA : Lessons Learned : Structured Content : Technical Writing : Structured Authoring

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

Choosing an XML Schema: DocBook or DITA?

Friday, April 11, 2008

By Richard Hamilton, special to The Content Wrangler (reprinted with permission)

If you follow the latest trends or have been to a conference recently, you may find the idea of choosing an XML schema puzzling. Isn’t the question really, “How should I customize DITA ...

Filed under: DITA : DocBook : Structured Content : Technical Writing : XML

Designing Your Information Architecture for Content Reuse: Five Best Practices

Friday, February 22, 2008

By Amber Swope, Principal Consultant, JustSystems - Reprinted with permission from DM Review

The increasing popularity of Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) means that more users within an organization are looking to repurpose and reuse content across the ...