A very interesting first day. Some quick notes:

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Come and exhibit at these two technical events, geared toward IT manager, tech comm managers, IT workers, authors, editors, and tech comms.  We expect to have a strong technical audience with a range from newbies through experienced gurus, with significant additional interest this year due to the strained job market.

The Summer XML 2009 Conference --
http://www.aboveandbeyondlearning.com/xmlconference.html

The RealWorld DITA 2009 Conference --
http://www.aboveandbeyondlearning.com/ditaconference.html

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DITA Specialization opens a new dimension for customizing DITA to needs of different enterprises. But doing a valid specialization is not a trivial process. It requires rather deep understanding of DITA internals and command in technologies like DTD, XML Schema and s.o.

But even with sufficient knowledge of DTD (or XML Schema) coding, doing a valid specialization requires knowledge of certain DITA principles and rules. Just designing a valid DTD will not necessarily mean that you have a valid DITA model. 

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We are getting great response for the RealWorld DITA Conference here in Raleigh and have great speakers lined up -- including multiple speakers from IBM. 

Conference info is online at http://www.aboveandbeyondlearning.com/ditaconference.html

This article was written for those new to XML, and may be helpful to those new to XML and DITA... give you a foundation on which to build.

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-newxml/