On September 18 and 23, 2008, the OASIS DITA Adoption Technical Committee will hold its first webinars to present the benefits of using DITA in a translation environments.

To learn more and register for these events, see the Events page on dita.xml.org

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Working with FrameMaker, when you use the menu (DITA > New DITA File) and choose a topic type (topic, task, concept, reference), FrameMaker creates a new file that starts with the "dita" element.

 If you plan to create small FrameMaker files that will be components of longer files (such as several topics that will later be combined into a chapter file), note that you will need to ensure your component files do not start with the "dita" element. 

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We are trying to set up and customize the DITA OTK. We can't get the conrefs to work. We have played around with the WORKDIR param, with no luck whatsover. We even placed all of the *.dita files into the same directory with no changes. All we get is an empty element in the output.

Any guidance would be appreciated.

Is there any possibility to override element with the same name

f.e: "section" element in topic module to  "section" element in my module with another structure?

In doing some training recently, I've found that there are some specific things about structured writing, topic-based authoring, and DITA that can seem foreign to some.  I'm working at writing these ideas and logical concepts in a straightforward, beginning level tutorial.

I'd be interested in hearing from those who are struggling with learning DITA writing techniques.  If you are looking for some basic, descriptive info, please email me.  I will send you a draft and would love to have your feedback.

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