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LearningDITA Live Series

Gretyl Kinsey presents Extreme conditions in DITA on December 5th at 11:00 a.m. ET.

Do your customers need different variants of your documentation? Is there content you should include in some product documents and exclude from others? Conditions in DITA make it possible. This session explains how to set up conditional content in DITA, from the basics to advanced reuse techniques, so that you can plan for custom content delivery.

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Reuse in DITA and beyond (podcast)

In episode 60 of The Content Strategy Experts Podcast, Elizabeth Patterson and Gretyl Kinsey discuss content reuse, how it specifically applies to DITA,  and how it can benefit your organization.

“So often we see companies wasting a lot of time copying and pasting. This idea of reuse saves time and money, and then it also helps to maintain that consistency across your organization.”

— Elizabeth Patterson

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LearningDITA: four years later

If you had told me in July 2015 that LearningDITA would have 10 courses and be available in three languages, I wouldn’t have believed you. Since the site’s initial launch, it’s grown from a single course to a major resource for those who need to learn to use DITA.

March 2025 update: We have moved LearningDITA to a new platform. The Introduction to DITA course is still free, and you can sign up for courses at store.scriptorium.com.

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Full transcript of CMS/DITA NA conference interviews: part two (podcast)

Elizabeth Patterson: Welcome to the Content Strategy Experts podcast. Brought to you by Scriptorium. Since 1997 Scriptorium has helped companies manage, structure, organize, and distribute content in an efficient way.

E. Patterson:                 In episode 51, we talk with vendors at the CMS DITA North America Conference about how they have seen DITA evolve during their time in the industry. This is part two of a two-part podcast.

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