Ann Rockley writes this week in CMS Watch about the partnership between IBM and Quark, which in their words brings "DITA to the masses." DITA is an XML content standard that enables you to reuse and repurpose content more easily. It was originally developed by IBM before being sent to OASIS where it became an official XML standard.
Archive - May 2009
Will IBM-Quark partnership help mainstream DITA?
Bluestream Releases XDocs 2.0, an Affordable DITA Component Content Management Solution
With Bluestream XDocs 2.0 released, there is finally an end-to-end true DITA component content management solution addresses the needs of documentation and other content creators, particularly in an uncertain economy.
parameters-to-the-DITA-OT-transform
Note: this page has been moved to http://dita-ot.sourceforge.net/latest/.
Ant and XSLT Parameters to the DITA Open ToolkitThis page is a collection point for parameters in the core DITA-OT that can be set by tools or individual users running a build. Note: the main landing page for information about the toolkit is here: http://dita.xml.org/wiki/the-dita-open-toolkit
As you can see at this point, this item is just a starter page, with more information coming soon.
pondj
Self-closing script tags and XHTML
Here's what I learned implementing the tagging script in the DITA-OT build. In order to preserve the <script ....></script> syntax you have to put something, but a no-op, between the tags:
<script ....> </script>
It remains to be seen whether the script will run and collect page load data. It should, but...if I had a dime for every time I'd said/heard that...
drmacro
Keyref Example: Links from Glossary Entries
On the Really Strategies blog I have posted the first in an occasional series of examples of how to apply the DITA 1.2 keyref feature to specific real-world problems. The entry is here: http://blog.reallysi.com/2009/04/dita-keyref-example-links-from-glossary-entries.html