The JoAnn Hackos workshop series, invites you to join Frank Miller for this two-day workshop focusing on the Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA). The workshop covers the basics of creating DITA topics, assembling them into maps, creating relationship tables, and getting everything to process for final output. Everything is hands-on. It is meant for those who need to implement structured documentation, including writers, editors, information architects, and their managers. During the workshop you will learn to design and create information using a topic/task-based structured writing approach. You are required to bring a laptop computer and sample documentation to complete exercises with.  Be prepared to learn how to use a DITA XML editor to author topics.