It’s been almost year since I last updated this list (back in late-January 2014), and you will see a few additions as well as some subtractions from last year’s list. This list is intended to help those who are looking for an XML editor that comes with some optimizations designed specifically to help those whoRead More
Tag: Adobe FrameMaker
List of DITA Optimized Editors
DITA is XML, so any XML editor can be used to write DITA code. But that doesn’t mean every XML editor is best suited for the job of producing DITA. As DITA has grown in popularity in the technical writing field, the market has matured and a number of XML editors have appeared that areRead More
Interview with Luis Linarez: DITA with DITAToo
On DITAWriter I like to provide a voice for those who are working with their own DITA implementation, and the particular issues that they face. All technical communication groups face their unique documentation situations, so the tools needed for the job will vary by need. Mr. Linarez’s technical documentation group opted for DITAToo, an “up-and-coming”Read More
Which Tech Writing Tools Are the Most Used?
Analyzing the Results from the WritersUA 2014 User Assistance Tool Survey This past Saturday WritersUA came out with its 2014 User Assistance Tool Survey, based on a wide-ranging poll of those working in the technical writing field. If you look at the WritersUA page it simply displays the raw poll results without any analysis. ItRead More
Selling More Software to DITA Users Using One Magic Ingredient: Relevant Content!
DITA software vendors: stop making it a chore for prospective buyers to find out how your product will help them author DITA content. You’d think that this would be self-evident, but as I work on compiling a list of DITA-optimized editors and Content Management Systems I am continually amazed at how hard some vendors makeRead More