Following the last article here that looked at the worldwide distribution of the firms and organizations that are using DITA, I have just re-launched an expanded version of the Companies Using DITA page that includes the geographic location of the city and country for a given organization’s HQ. There are now almost 250 companies listed,Read More
Author: ditawriter
"DITAWriter" is Keith Schengili-Roberts. I work for AMD as a Senior Manager for Technical Documentation, and have recently helped usher in a new company-wide DITA-based CCMS. And I like to write about DITA and the technical writing community. To get ahold of me you can email me at: keith@ditawriter.com.
Where in the World is DITA Being Used?
As a teaser for the upcoming “Mark III” version of the Companies Using DITA page, which will not only be expanded from the current list but will also include the locations for the HQ of each company/organization shown, I thought I’d give a preliminary glimpse as to what the geographic distribution of DITA use isRead More
Interview with Noz Urbina
I first met Noz Urbina last year when I was presenting at the Congility Conference in London last year. He was the chief organizer for the event, and he brought in a number of interesting people I had long wanted to see in person, particular CMS “gurus” Ann Rockley and Rahel Bailie. The people heRead More
So Who’s Using DITA?
When the number of firms/organizations listed on the Companies Using DITA page hit 200 yesterday, I thought it would be a good idea to take a look at the industry segments to see if there are some significant trends as to which sectors are using DITA for their documentation processes. The results may surprise youRead More
Data Conversion Lab’s Free DITA Webinars for February
Data Conversion Laboratory (DCL) is presenting a set of three free webinars on DITA, aimed at organizations looking to move to it. If you are a manager investigating whether or not DITA XML is for your team, or a writer wanting to learn more about DITA, this is a good place to start. These sessionsRead More
"DITAWriter" Will Be the Keynote Speaker at Content Management Strategies / DITA North America 2012
I’ve known about this for a while now, but it has now been officially announced: I will be giving the keynote presentation at the upcoming Content Management Strategies/DITA North America conference happening April 23-25, 2012 in La Jolla, California. My presentation is called “The Rainmaker, The Cloud and The Downspout: Keeping Your Content Relevant inRead More
DITA Company Listing Mk. II
Thanks to all of the responses I had on LinkedIn and by email from people who use DITA in their work, I have done a major revamp of the Companies Using DITA page on this site. Not only does it list additional firms and organizations that were sent to me, but I have done additionalRead More
The Latest Trends in DITA XML Use in Tech Writing (Part 2)
In the previous article I looked briefly at the numbers from the latest Microsft’s Visio survey of technical writer tools, taking the raw data and showing where the DITA-OT appears in the list of the overall top 20 Technical Writer’s tools (#18, up from #20 in 2011) and where it appears in a listing ofRead More
The Latest Trends in DITA XML Use in Tech Writing (Part 1)
Update January 27, 2012: Have changed the table info so that it is driven from a database — now you can sort and search the content of the tables, as well as seeing the full listing of tools in the survey. It wasn’t that long ago when I looked at the 2011 Survey that WritersUARead More
Free DITA 1.2 Learning and Training Specialization Webinar from Comtech
Hot on the heels of their recent announcement of a trio of free webinars on DITA 1.2, the folks at Comtech are also giving a free webinar presentation on January 26 called: “Implementing a Publishing Solution for the DITA 1.2 Learning and Training Specialization”. While this one is tied more strongly to a vendor (inRead More