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Introduction to DITA and XMetaL

Web-based: $749, 4 half-days

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During this class, you will get an overview of the Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) and get hands-on experience with XMetaL Author DITA Edition.

Syllabus

DITA overview

* What is DITA? * DITA features
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Business case for DITA

  Topic-based content
  Reducing content modeling requirements   Reusing topics with
DITA maps
  Making content portable   Reusing content with conref attributes
  Tools support   Conditional content
  Generating output   Creating output with the Open Toolkit
      Abstracting links with relationship tables
    * Implement DITA or custom architecture?
 

Introduction to XMetaL Author Edition

* Application overview * Attributes
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File editing

* Tables
* Developing topics * Images and multimedia
* Developing concepts * Developing references
* Prolog elements * Sections and examples
* Publishing * Developing tasks
* Paragraphs and notes * Validation
* Lists * Linking in topics
* Working with domains * Reusing content
* Footnotes * Maps
* Indexes * Relationship tables
 

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