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Archive - Mar 2009

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DITA4Joomla!

News: Submitted by Webnetix on Tue, 2009-03-31 07:51.

A recent project requirement of mine has prompted the development of DITA extensions for the popular open source Joomla! 1.5 content management system (CMS).

The DITA4Joomla Project enables the authoring, management and publishing of DITA content through the Joomla! CMS.

Common errors in DITA specializations

Blog entry: Submitted by wildwildleha on Mon, 2009-03-30 16:06.

DITA Specialization opens a new dimension for customizing DITA to needs of different enterprises. But doing a valid specialization is not a trivial process. It requires rather deep understanding of DITA internals and command in technologies like DTD, XML Schema and s.o.

But even with sufficient knowledge of DTD (or XML Schema) coding, doing a valid specialization requires knowledge of certain DITA principles and rules. Just designing a valid DTD will not necessarily mean that you have a valid DITA model.

variables and entities

Forum topic: Submitted by ngn_at_ebbr on Thu, 2009-03-26 12:17.

So ... in FrameMaker, I'm happy to replace things like product names and department names by variables; saves typing, increases accuracy and so on. How do I set about applying the same approach in DITA? for the time being, I'm working with a DITA-aware editor (XMLMind) to get a clearer idea of how things fit together.

The DITA Caper

RealWorld DITA 2009 Conference - Raleigh NC USA this September!

Blog entry: Submitted by Kay Whatley on Wed, 2009-03-25 11:44.

We are getting great response for the RealWorld DITA Conference here in Raleigh and have great speakers lined up -- including multiple speakers from IBM.

Conference info is online at http://www.aboveandbeyondlearning.com/ditaconference.html