J'ai commencé quelques didacticiels et visité FM7 et FM8, très peu, juste assez pour que je me concentre sur le contenu structuré. Il ya les composantes ouvertes qui concurencent FM mais c'est pas mal de taponnage à faire rouler. Saxon, OT1.4, FO, ,Java, Ant, RenderX, etc. Je jouais déjà avec ces outils avant, heureusement. Bref, je me suis plus orienté avec le open source et/ou les évaluations (FO- FOP).

Read more

When a DITA information set is transformed into a book, the deliverable is a self-contained. Its navigation devices (page numbers, TOC, index, cross-references) are constructed from the DITA source. Likewise, when a compiled Help deliverable is created, the navigation is constructed. However, a compiled Help file is typically read in a viewing program that allows full text searching; that form of navigation is provided by the viewing engine, and is not derived from the DITA source.

Read more

DITA Newsletter Volume 1, Issue 5, December, 2007

Features in this issue (see the web version at www.ditanewsletter.com)

Read more

It has been a few months since the DITA Help sub-committee of the DITA TC was formed, with me as chair and Stan Doherty as secretary. Murphy's Law has seen to it that I have been flat out busy ever since, and I haven't had the chance to put some heavy work in yet. One of my roles is as a lecturer at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne. We are moving the Graduate Certificate in Technical Communication programme online next year (2008) through Open Universities Australia. I have been co-ordinating this project, and that has been all-consuming.

Read more

Version 9 of the <oXygen/> XML Editor now has comprehensive DITA support.

Read more