August 22nd, 2011 by Simon Bate
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Out of the box, the DITA Open Toolkit (OT) looks like it’s localization-ready. It handles the XML attribute xml:lang. It contains strings for more than 50 localizations. So it would seem that all you have to do is specify the language in your DITA files and maps and you’re good to go…or are you?
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July 8th, 2011 by Simon Bate
Modifying FrameMaker cross-reference formats: it’s basic and one of the cool things about FrameMaker. But not if you’re editing DITA files using FrameMaker 9 or 10.
March 11th, 2011 by ScriptoriumTech
In this webcast hosted by Scriptorium, author Tony Self discusses his new book, The DITA Style Guide, and how it fits into a DITA workflow. (more…)
February 11th, 2011 by Simon Bate
A few weeks ago my esteemed colleague, David Kelly, published a blog post about his DITA Open Toolkit (OT) plugin that simplifies the customization of PDF output. In the post, David mentioned that I would soon be writing about a plugin to provide HTML-based web help. I found a bit of time to write about Scriptorium Help, so here is that post.
February 8th, 2011 by Sarah O'Keefe
In this webcast, Sarah O’Keefe discusses the challenges of getting attractive output from DITA and demonstrates Scriptorium’s approach to web-based help and PDF.
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August 18th, 2010 by Sarah O'Keefe
In this webcast, Sarah O’Keefe of Scriptorium surveys DITA’s publishing options and weighs their practical implications.
July 1st, 2010 by Simon Bate
Simon Bate of Scriptorium Publishing introduces specialization in the DITA open toolkit and walks viewers through the fundamentals. (more…)
May 1st, 2010 by Sarah O'Keefe
published in STC Intercom, May 2010
A condensed version of Creating PDF files from DITA content.
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March 16th, 2010 by ScriptoriumTech
This webcast demonstrates using the DITA-FMx plugin with FrameMaker 9 to author, edit, and create output from DITA content. Topics covered during the demo include creating DITA topics using different options and templates and generating a book from the map and then saving to a PDF file. (more…)
February 17th, 2010 by Simon Bate
This webcast offers an overview of the oXygen XML editor and demonstrates DITA-specific features, including inserting cross-references and conrefs, working with map files, applying conditions, and generating output. (more…)
January 19th, 2010 by Sarah O'Keefe
This webcast demonstrates how MadCap Flare supports DITA constructs, including mapfiles, conrefs, and relationship tables. The demo also covers exporting existing Flare projects to DITA. (more…)
December 31st, 2009 by Simon Bate
We needed to generate a Help set from DITA sources that applied to multiple products. However, serious space constraints prevent us from using standard DITA conditional processing to create multiple, product-specific versions of the Help; there was only room for one copy of the Help. Our solution was to create a single Help set in which select content would be displayed when the Help was opened.
In this webcast, we’ll show you how we used the DITA Open Toolkit to create a Help set with dynamic text display. The webcast introduces some minor DITA Open Toolkit modifications and several client-side JavaScript techniques that you can use to implement dynamic text display in HTML files. Minimal programming skills necessary. Simon Bate, Senior Technical Consultant will show you what to modify and how to do it.
December 31st, 2009 by ScriptoriumTech
In this webcast, Nick Rosenthal discusses the challenges companies face when translating their content and offers some “best practices” to managing your localization budget effectively, including XML-based workflows and ways to integrate localized screen shots into translated user guides or help systems.
About Nick Rosenthal
Nick is the Managing Director of Salford Translations Ltd and has 20 years of experience in translator training and professional development. He sits on the Translation Subcommittee of the OASIS Committee, is a former member of the ITI Council, and past president of the UK chapter of the Society for Technical Communication.
December 31st, 2009 by ScriptoriumTech
FrameMaker 8 provides support for creating, editing, and publishing DITA 1.0 content. You can use FrameMaker to author and publish DITA content as high-quality print and PDF output, or you can create content elsewhere and use FrameMaker strictly for publishing print and PDF output. This document describes FrameMaker’s DITA support and provides guidance on how you might best integrate DITA and FrameMaker.
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