I don't understand the question. If the engineers want to use a text editor, you don't need to worry about XMetaL or the DITA OT. The engineers just need to

Hi, You can find a series of webinars at the following URL: http://www.suite-sol.com/pages/services/services_training_dita_ot_training_w ebinars_recorded.html

Hi Radu, I restarted my system once, but I am getting the same error. Not sure why this is happening. Please advise. Thanks, Balaji K

Hi - I am tasked with mapping the elements of the DITA Open Toolkit to a company DITA Editor (Xmetal) because my group of engineers want to create

Thanks for the quick response. Let me try and update you soon. Regards, Balaji K

Hi Balaji, ... means that the JAR library "F:\eclipse1\sysadmin_sysadmin.jar" is already in use by some other process, probably by an Eclipse workbench which

Hi Bryon, Sorry, I didn't mention one important thing: from the master map that represents the user manual, we refer to the Variable Map, like this:

Hi, I created a new transformation scenario and tried to build the files using the corresponding ditamap file. But strangely, I am getting the following error:

Also, on the note of embedded vs linked. We've started using the SVG for number/arrow overlays and linking to an image. For screenshots this is nice because we

Thanks Mike. I read that article when I was starting to experiment with keydefs. It helped me figure out the basic functionality of keyrefs. The only issue I

Yes, so it seems even from my own assumption that conditional processing in some way would need to be used in conjunction with keys to get the required output.

Hi Tracy, Illustrator is a bit quirky when it comes to SVG. I have found the best workflow is to save your sources as AI files, and when saving to SVG, DO NOT

Hi Byron, I'm new to DITA so I am by no means an expert but I agree with Alex that the easiest way to go about it, in my opinion, is using keywords, since only

Hi Bryon, I don't know if this is a best practice (will be happy to learn what others are doing), but this is what we do. Let's say we have a user manual from

I"m practicing with conkeyrefs right now, calling the keydef from a separate file. I wanted to make it work from a keydef map, but that's not working yet. My

Thanks Sev and George, I didn't realize when adding a figure with title element in xmetal it also added a label "Figure #" before the title name when you

DISCLAIMER: I work for Vasont Systems, a CCMS vendor. Bryon asks: I know ccms systems are different, but what are some ways ccms' typically handle searching

Hi Bryon, A disclaimer: I represent a company that develops a DITA CMS called DITAToo (http://ditatoo.com/), but I used to work with many CCMSs so will be

We are currently looking at the possibility of CCMS systems. Right now, we are maintaining data in a local file server. I know ccms systems are different, but

Umm, I'm a bit of a newbie at this, but why not use the Figure element? It numbers things..... George From: dita-users@yahoogroups.com