Here’s something I think needs to be more widely known: sample DITA files mimicking a professional manual set for a fictitious product called Thunderbird. I’ve been using this example code for a couple of years now in demos and for presentations, and there’s at least one person in every audience I show this to whoRead More
Tag: Keys
What I Learned from the DITA Listening Sessions (Part 1)
My work for IXIASOFT includes being a company liaison for OASIS, the open standards body that produces the DITA specification. One of the groups I actively work with there is the DITA Adoption Committee, that I now chair, accompanied by Stan Doherty as secretary. Its goals are to help inform the DITA community on bestRead More
Product Preview: Samalander DITA Xref Manager
I had the opportunity last week of getting a preview of a new product that Samalander Software is planning to release today: DITA Xref Manager. Designed for small technical writing teams who are working without the benefit of a Content Management System (CMS), it automatically checks the validity of all xrefs contained within a ditamapRead More
Upcoming Free DITA 1.2 Webinars/Tutorials from DCL and Mekon
Data Conversion Laboratory and Mekon are partnering to do a set of three free Webinars/interactive tutorial sessions relating to DITA 1.2. I’ve been impressed with the previous sessions these folks have done, and I plan on attending these myself. Here’s what they plan to talk about and when: DITA 1.2: Keys and Conkeys – Wednesday,Read More