The DITA OT user
guide (authored by Dick Johnson and Anna van Raaphorst) is an excellent
reference and has tons of useful information. It's one of the best references
on the DITA OT. Sometimes, however, I feel that it's sheer size is a challenge
for users, especially first-timers. We as a community need to help improve the
existing DITA OT documentation by making it more user-friendly. Both Anna and
Dick are busy and I have volunteered to reorganize the user guide and possibly
break it down into smaller ones targeted by specific audience groups.
Archive - Mar 9, 2008
Audience and Task Analysis for DITA OT
News: Submitted by mathew.techwriter on Sun, 2008-03-09 17:21.
Self on Help
Parallel Documentation Universes
Blog entry: Submitted by tself on Sun, 2008-03-09 03:40.
Until a few weeks ago, I was unaware that there was a company employing some 200 technical writers just two kilometres from where I teach technical communication in Melbourne, Australia. Likewise, a manager at the company was unaware that my university provided post-graduate education in technical communication. We were operating in two parallel universes. The company involved operates in the "engineering technical publications" field, which seems to be quite separate (and isolated) from the "IT and corporate technical communication" field.