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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

Documentation and Training Slide Decks Now Available

Thursday, November 08, 2007

The slide decks from Documentation and Training East 2007 are now available. A few speakers have yet to share their slides, but the bulk of the presentations are available for view within a web browser, and without the need to download additional software. This service ...

Filed under: 3D : Content Quality Management : Content Reuse : DITA : Document Engineering : Dynamic Content : Experience Design : Information Architecture : Localization : Mobile Content : Presentations : Publishing : Rich Media : S1000D : Search : Simplified Technical English : Software as a Service : Technical Writing : Translation : Usability : User-Generated Content : Video Documentation : Web 2.0 : XML : XQuery : Web Content Management

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

DITA Test Drive Challenge: A Great Deal If You Ask Us

Thursday, August 30, 2007

Sometimes the sheer volume of information on the internet is overwhelming. Even with the help of Google Alerts and RSS feeds, it’s easy to miss interesting news. That’s likely the reason we failed to notice this especially interesting offer from the folks at Data ...

Filed under: DITA : Legacy Content Conversion : Technical Writing : Structured Authoring

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

Friday, August 24, 2007

Add another blog to your daily reading list (and by all means subscribe to the the RSS feed). The content management gurus at The Rockley Group have published their first blog, aptly named, The Rockley Blog. Of interest to folks looking for a standard XML schema is the ...

Filed under: Content Management : Content Reuse : DITA : Technical Writing