Michael Priestley, one of DITA's architects at IBM, provides an introduction to specialization and a practical demonstration including structural specialization, domain specialization, and output customization.

Thanks to the University of Toronto Knowledge Media Design Institute for hosting the meeting - here's the brief intro to DITA presentation, with a final slide that previews some possible subjects for future meetings.

Intro to DITA presentation from STC 2006

You can use or modify this sample requirements list as part of an RFP to assess CMS vendors. It provides over 200 questions (including some DITA-specific questions) about CMS features and functionality.

This paper describes how DITA-based documentation was implemented at CEDROM-SNi, one of Canada's leading on-line news content aggregators. The project delivers documentation as diverse as user training materials and Web Services reference guides targeted to programmers. We focus on the benefits, how tos, and lessons learned.