Archive - 2009

Free Interactive Workshops: Migrate Legacy Documents Easily to DITA

Location: 
https://stilo.webex.com/stilo/j.php?ED=118555942&RG=1&UID=0
Date: 
5 Feb 2009 - 15:00 - 17:00
Event Type: 
Training Class

The Business Value of Structured Content

Traditionally, the idea of structured content has always been associated with product documentation, but this is beginning to change.

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DITA Open Toolkit: Not quite so scary

Simon Bate writes: Last October, I wrote about being scared. Today, I want to talk about something that seems somewhat scary, but it isn't...or shouldn't be. It may be daunting, but it's not scary. That "thing" is the DITA Open Toolkit (DITA OT). The DITA OT is the most common way to convert DITA content into output.  The output from the DITA OT is just about as ordinary as it gets.

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DITA Comes of Age

In the January 2009 issue of Inside Out an e-bulletin from Stilo International authors discuss the signs that DITA has come of age.  Click on the links below to read the full articles.

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Abstract Reuse

I am relatively new to DITA but a very old hand at xml/sgml.

Technically, I am creating a dita bookmap which includes a bookabstract. I would like to create the topic for the bookabstract by (in part) reusing all of the associated chapter topic abstracts. However, I can not see a way of using a conref for multiple abstracts out of context.

Practically, I just want to be able to pull all of my abstracts into an introduction for the book.

Am I using the wrong strategy for reuse? Any suggestions would be welcome.

Thanks.

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