June 10, 2010

Research Triangle Park, NC―Scriptorium Publishing announces the upcoming release of The DITA Style Guide: Best Practices for Authors by Tony Self, founder of HyperWrite and the chairperson of the OASIS DITA Help Subcommittee.

As more companies implement DITA to streamline the development of technical content, the demand for DITA-literate technical communicators is growing. The DITA Style Guide will provide comprehensive, practical explanations of DITA elements and attributes.

“Technical authors need real-world examples and clear recommendations to create semantically correct DITA content,” said Self. “The DITA Style Guide provides that support.”

The book will be available this fall as a perfect-bound paperback and in ePub electronic book format.

“DITA experience has become a requirement for many technical writing jobs, but there isn’t an author-focused reference about using all the elements in the DITA structure,” said Alan Pringle, director of Scriptorium Press, the publishing imprint of Scriptorium Publishing. “The DITA Style Guide will give authors useful guidance on the DITA element set.”

To sign up for updates on the book’s progress, visit http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ditastylep.

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Scriptorium Publishing provides expert advice on how to develop, deploy, and manage content. Customers include federal and state government as well as companies in defense, consumer electronics, telecommunications, medical, pharmaceutical, and other industries. Scriptorium Publishing is a member of TechComm Alliance, an Adobe Authorized Training Center, a Certified Flare Instructor, and a JustSystems Services Partner. The company is based in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA. www.scriptorium.com

Tony Self is a founder of HyperWrite, which is based in Melbourne, Australia. HyperWrite offers training and consulting for help and XML documentation technologies. Self has 30 years of experience as a technical communicator. hyperwrite.com