Archive - 2008

12013 design

Part of Plans for DITA Open Toolkit 1.5

Design for implementing "conref range" in the DITA Open Toolkit
What user need will be met by this feature?

Users can use @conref combined with @conrefend to refer to a range of sibling elements and pull them into the specified location.

What is the technical design for the change

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Myths about technical writing

When you start working with DITA, there are some things that you may feel you need for traditional reasons that you won't find in DITA. Before you try to modify or specialize DITA, it may be worthwhile to rethink some technical writing practices that are outdated and not recommended today.

1. The GlueText Myth

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What has been the most challenging aspect of your DITA implementation?

Migrating legacy data
14% (3 votes)
Writing in a topic-oriented way
18% (4 votes)
Choosing the right DITA elements/attributes to use
9% (2 votes)
Learning new tools
5% (1 vote)
Setting up a publishing system/stylesheets
55% (12 votes)
Total votes: 22

Lottery for free DITA conference tickets closes tomorrow

DITA Users lottery for free tickets to major conferences featuring DITA in June, will close tomorrow, June 13.

Join DITA Users today and enter the lottery. If you are already a member, send us a request saying that if you win you will attend one or more of these conferences:

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Public webinars on using the DITA-OT, FO plug-in, XSL-FO

Location: 
via webinar
Date: 
26 Jun 2008 - 13:00 - 15 Jul 2008 - 16:00
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