Archive - 2008

eComPress - a powerful alternative to PDF for distributing tech reference docs

The online Help DITA Infocenter was built because the PDF and HTML versions of the DITA Language and Architectural Specifications were just too awkward to use for constant reference.
http://www.ditainfocenter.com

The DITA Infocenter got good reviews. Many users said that the great indexing and search in the Eclipse Help interface really makes it easy to find your way around the hundreds of DITA Specification pages.

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12017 design

Design for 12017

 

Part of Plans for DITA Open Toolkit 1.5 

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oXygen XML Author

oXygen XML Author is a cross platform Visual XML Editor, based on the oXygen XML Editor.

It supports visual XML editing driven by CSS stylesheets for DITA, DocBook 4 and 5, TEI P4 and P5 and XHTML.

The DITA Maps Manager side panel allows viewing, editing and publishing of DITA map files. It acts also similar with a project manager allowing you to easily open different topics/concepts for editing. The toolbar, the contextual menu and drag and drop actions allow you to change the map content.

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Syncro Soft Announces New Release of Oxygen XML Editor

Syncro Soft Announces New Release of Oxygen XML Editor version 14.2

Release date: February 14, 2013

Syncro Soft, the developer of the Oxygen XML suite of products, announced the immediate availability of version 14.2 of its Oxygen XML Editor, Oxygen XML Author and Oxygen XML Developer products containing a comprehensive set of tools supporting all the XML related technologies.

Version 14.2 of oXygen XML Editor adds important features for both XML Development and XML Authoring.

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5 Minute DITA Tutorial

This 5-minute Flash-based tutorial introduces DITA Topics, Specializations for Concept, Task, and Reference, and shows how Topics are organized with DITA Maps for publishing to multiple formats.

View the tutorial here. 

For your convenience, below are the eight slides used in the animated and narrated tutorial. If you want higher-quality images to use in a DITA presentation, please contact Bob Doyle.

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