One of the great things about YouTube (other than numerous videos of cats) is that if you are looking to learn more about a subject—like DITA XML—there’s plenty of material available for you. George Bina at SyncRO Soft recently sent me a link to several DITA and oXygen-related videos posted online, and I realized thatRead More
Tag: DITA 1.2 Specification
List of DITA-related Videos
The following is a (hopefully) comprehensive list of all DITA XML-related videos being hosted on YouTube and Vimeo. As you can see there’s plenty of videos on all sorts of DITA-related topics out there, ranging from how to use DITA in various editors (including FrameMaker, oXygen and XMetaL), tutorials on DITA, a few DITA-based CMSesRead 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
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
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
Interview with Jang F.M. Graat
Recently DITAWriter.com got in touch with Jang F.M. Graat to talk with him about his thoughts on DITA, the role of FrameMaker and whether DITA is too complicated for its own good. He runs Jang Communication which is based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Jang F.M. Graat holds Masters Degrees in Psychology and Philosophy and has workedRead More
DITA Constraints Presentation
For reasons relating to work and incidentally for a presentation I am working on for the Baltimore DITA conference in April, I am trying to learn the practicalities of implementing DITA constraints. (For a list of the reasons why constraints are good, see this nice summary on Tagsmiths). Am currently plowing through the pertinent sectionRead More
DITA 1.2 Specification Ratified
In an announcement that could easily be missed in all of the hubbub of the impending holiday season, I just saw the announcement made yesterday that the DITA 1.2 specification has officially been ratified. The press release is rambling (with “a status that signifies the highest level of ratification” mentioned twice in the same paragraph)Read More
DITA Europe 2010 Conference Closing Talk
JoAnn Hackos gave the closing talk at the conference, and made the observation that DITA has not taken off in Europe as it has in North America. That was pretty much my impression as well, after talking to a number of people here. One tech writing manager I met had her ROI argument for gettingRead More
DITA 1.2 Presentation at the Content Management Strategies 2010 Conference
This presentation was one of the highlights of the conference for me, as most of the people responsible for driving the new DITA 1.2 specification were there to talk about what they had come up with. Starting off the panel in the same way that he would normally be speaking with this group Don DayRead More