Archive - 2009

Research: Document Structure in ODF

Introduction

This page collects information about how the OpenDocument text file format records structure in the document. Also included is information about how structural information is displayed. Much has been filtered out, but it is my belief that this subset represents the core of document structure in the OpenDocument text format.

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Workspace to enhance cross-referencing

Introduction

This page serves as a top level resource for the discussion, design, and research related to the enhancement of cross-referencing in DITA.  Most of the actual work takes place on the pages linked to by this article.

Forum Threads

The forum threads related to cross referencing are all placed in the Specializations board. These threads represent the discussion from which the final products are born.

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bnordgren

DITA as a Literate Programming Environment

End of the day and I'm waiting forever for my Other Computer to tell me just exactly how wrong I am.  In the mean time, I figured I'd quickly share a little trick.

Literate Programming Defined

Wikipedia does a better job than I ever will so go read the comprehensive definition at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literate_programming. To summarize:

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List of organizations using DITA

DITA is being deployed worldwide. If your organization uses DITA, please add to this list. (Log in, select the "edit" tab above, and insert your organization in alphabetical order under the appropriate category below.).

See Case studies for detailed descriptions of representative implementations.

Private sector

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Math Domain Elements

This page contains a list of the elements supplied to implement a DITA math domain.

Body elements

These elements are generally available for use wherever text is allowed.

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