Most organizations that regularly produce contracts or proposals should consider using XML, and in particular the Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA). Why? These documents use the same or similar sections over and over again, with enough variations — such as customer names and select clauses — to become the basis of expensive horror stories when mistakes are made as a result of search-and-replace or copy-and-paste errors. New technologies based on DITA can significantly reduce the risk of mistakes, while saving time and stress for staff as well.
Archive - Jul 2010
DITA 1.2 Feature Article: Acronym Best Practices
Resource: Submitted by Kristen James E... on Mon, 2010-07-19 01:06. Last updated on Tue, 2010-08-17 16:50.
White paper from the OASIS DITA Adoption Committee. Authored by DITA Translation Subcommittee. Published 24 May 201.
DITA 1.2 Feature Article: Task Model
Resource: Submitted by Kristen James E... on Mon, 2010-07-19 00:53. Last updated on Tue, 2010-08-17 16:51.
White paper from the OASIS DITA Adoption Committee. Authored by JoAnn Hackos, Comtech Services. Published 9 July 2010
DITA 1.2 introduces the General Task Model as an alternative to the DITA 1.0 and 1.1 Strict Task Model. It also adds capabilities to the <steps> content unit for both task models.
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DITA 1.2 Feature Description: Domain and topic integration
Resource: Submitted by Kristen James E... on Mon, 2010-07-19 00:34. Last updated on Tue, 2010-08-17 16:50.
White paper from the OASIS DITA Adoption Committee. Authored by Marc Speyer. Published 1 March 2010.
DITA Metrics: Similarities and Savings for Conrefs and Translation
Resource: Submitted by Mark_Lewis on Wed, 2010-07-14 21:39.
This paper shows an interesting similarity between the reuse mechanism of the DITA content reference feature and a translation memory system (TMS). We then discuss this similarity in terms of cost and show that the savings that can be achieved using DITA’s content reuse feature are similar to the savings possible using a TMS.
Many thanks again to Julio Vazquez for his excellent review and feedback on this paper. Thanks Julio!
>Mark Lewis
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Better Contracts and Proposals with DITA
News: Submitted by carolgeyer on Tue, 2010-07-13 18:00.
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