Perils of DITA publishing, part 3: Indexing
In which we are boxed in by the limitations of DITA indexing support.
Perils of DITA publishing, part 2: Graphics
In which we build assorted graphics and develop style guidelines.
Perils of DITA publishing, part 1: Writing
In which we develop narrative content in a modular architecture.
Webcast: DITA 101
In this webcast recording, Sarah O’Keefe gives an overview of DITA, one of the major structured authoring standards in tech comm. You’ll also learn about DITA concepts, the business case for DITA, and typical scenarios where DITA is used.
Encoding context-sensitive help information in DITA reltables
The problem: DITA does not provide a default mechanism for encoding context-sensitive help information. This article discusses a new approach that avoids specialization and provides a maintainable approach for context-sensitive help mapping.
Vendor webcast: An overview of authoring DITA with oXygen
In this webcast recording, George Bina shows you how to create DITA content from zero to a full deliverable using oXygen. The full deliverable leads to multiple publishing formats.
Vendor webcast: Collaborative content development with easyDITA
Paul Wlodarczyk shows how cloud-based tools like easyDITA can change the way you approach collaboration, and in turn speed your time to publish and simplify your work process.
Vendor Webcast: Bring your DITA content to the next level with IXIASOFT
Have you ever wondered how to effectively manage your DITA content as it continues to grow? Jean-François Ameye shows how IXIASOFT’s full featured DITA CMS solution handles your entire technical documentation process from authoring and searching to reviewing and publishing.
DITA reporting tools in oXygen
Need some basic metrics on your DITA files? Wondering whether your topics are the right length or not? Check out this new feature in oXygen version 13.
Webcast: Localization and the DITA Open Toolkit
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? In this webcast, I’ll discuss some of the issues Scriptorium has encountered while generating localized output from the DITA Open Toolkit—and how we solved them.
