Archive - Mar 2008

Building htmlhelp

Hello,

I think I got my reply to my earlier post concerning how to produce output using oxygen 9.1 I tried the startcmd at DITAOT prompt and then used the ant -f build_demo.xml; what has now put me with a question is; I am not getting an htmlhelp output which previously I did when I tried it from the example. I had a ditamap named myditamap with 2 topics and a concept xml file. Using the xmetal I can get the chm output for my project; but using ant -f build_demo.xml I am unable and infact when I select the pdf there is an error opening the pdf file.

 

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CIDM's Publishing Practices and Information Management Techniques Survey

The Center for Information-Development Management (CIDM) announces the launch of its newest survey: Publishing Practices and Information Management Techniques.

The survey should take only 5-10 minutes of your time.

Begin by clicking this link: http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/?p=WEB227KFD6398Q

Please take the time today to complete the survey, as it will close on April 11, 2008.

We will make the results available on the CIDM website: http://www.infomanagementcenter.com

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About the DITA Maturity Model Community

The DITA Maturity Model Community (DITA MMC) is an extension of the original white paper developed by Michael Priestley, Lead IBM DITA Architect, and Amber Swope, Principal Consultant for JustSystems.

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DITA Open Toolkit Design Document Template

Design template for DITA-OT features

Note: this design template is still under development, suggestions are appreciated...

Design for item What user need will be met by this feature?

Try to include information about what the user wants to accomplish, rather than technical details of how it will be accomplished.

What is the technical design for the change?

Describe enough that developers can understand what changes will be made. If the design is extensive, it may be best to store it in another wiki page.

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Plans for DITA-OT 1.4.2

Plans for DITA Open Toolkit version 1.4.2

DITA-OT 1.4.2 was released April 30, 2008, so planning is closed. Version 1.4.2 is a maintenance release which includes primarily bug fixes, along with a few small patches and enhancements.

An earlier Milestone build of DITA-OT 1.4.2 was released on March 20, 2008.

A list of all updates in DITA-OT 1.4.2 is available on the DITA-OT 1.4.2 Release page.

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