The OASIS open standards consortium announced that DITA version 1.3 has been approved as an OASIS Standard, a status that signifies the highest level of ratification. DITA TC Sponsors include Adobe, Boeing, Cisco, Comtech, Dell, Huawei, IBM, Intel, ISIS Papyrus, IXIASOFT, Microsoft, Oracle, PTC, SAP, SDL, TELUS, and the US DoD.

See the full press release. 

New XMLmind XML Editor v6.6 has an enhanced "Easy Profiling" add-on which should interest DITA authors. (XMLmind XML Editor being a modular software, most major features are packaged as add-ons.)

This "Easy Profiling" add-on which is installed by default: