If you're considering a move to the Darwin Information Typing Architcture (DITA), make time to read 10 DITA Lessons Learned From Tech Writers in the Trenches.  This exclusive and informative article is based on interviews with technical writers at more than 20 software companies -- tech writers that are actually using DITA to create documentation today. It's jam-packed with useful advice, practical tips, honest warnings, and lessons learned from technical writers in the trenches. No marketing blabber. No hidden sales agenda. Just straight forward and useful information no software company is likely to share with you any time soon.

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I had expected that most XML Editor Vendors would integrate the DITA Open Toolkit functionality, since it provides so much capability already developed in an open-source community.

In a surprise, giant  Adobe is one of the earliest to do so. 

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We are beginning use of DITA XML for online help and for (initially) three PDF guides. It does change your thinking about how to present content on a given topic. Putting all the pieces together in a coherent flow is more difficult. We are pleased with it as a method of creating online help. For producing PDF it is more complex, both in assembling the topics and creating the desired appearance.

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