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The PDF landscape for DITA content

I found this article in the 2010 (!!) archives and have updated it. Surprisingly, the general gist is still accurate.

There are numerous alternatives for producing PDF output from DITA content. The approach you choose will depend on your output requirements—do you need images floating in text, sidebars, and unique layouts on each page? How often do you republish content? How much content do you publish? Do you need to create variants for different audiences? Do you provide content in multiple languages?

Sarah O'Keefe

January 27, 2025

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Structured content Webinar

Powering Conversational AI With Structured Content (webinar)

In this episode of our Let’s Talk ContentOps! webinar series, special guest Rahel Bailie, Content Solutions Director of Technically Write IT, and host Sarah O’Keefe, Founder & CEO of Scriptorium, discuss how organizations can leverage the unlikely connection between structured content and conversational AI.

In this webinar, attendees learn:

What is structured content, and how it fuels reliable conversational AI responses
How technical writers and conversation designers can collaborate for optimal output
Where to get started with structured content and conversational AI

Christine Cuellar

January 21, 2025

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Learning content Podcasts

Transform L&D experiences at scale with structured learning content

Ready to deliver consistent and personalized learning content at scale for your learners? In this episode of the Content Operations podcast, Alan Pringle and Bill Swallow share how structured content can transform your L&D content processes. They also address challenges and opportunities for creating structured learning content.

There are other people in the content creation world who have had problems with content duplication, having to copy from one platform or tool to another. But I will tell you, from what I have seen, the people in the learning development space have it the worst in that regard—the worst.

— Alan Pringle

Alan Pringle

January 13, 2025

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Learning content Structured content

DITA and learning content

One of our 2024 trends was an increased interest in structured content for learning—classroom training materials, e-learning, and more—and even DITA-based learning content.

With this in mind, we have some new initiatives for 2025.

Sarah O'Keefe

January 6, 2025

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The PDF landscape for DITA content

Powering Conversational AI With Structured Content (webinar)

Transform L&D experiences at scale with structured learning content

DITA and learning content

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