<oXygen/> now offers a simplified version of the tool suited for authoring.

There are people that are not developers or there are times when you are not interested in the development features of <oXygen/> and you want just to do XML editing. <oXygen/> Author removes the development features offering a more simple interface for XML editing.

A DITA maps manager allows viewing and editing DITA map files. It also acts as a project manager allowing you to easily open different topics/concepts for editing.

Company to Speak on Making the Business Case for DITA Adoption; Hands-on Workshop Highlights DITA Authoring, Publishing with XMetaL

Following a suggestion by Kay Whatley, DITA News has begun to collect the current DITA version compatibility for all DITA-related tools.

A preliminary table reports which tools are DITA 1.0, which 1.1 (or both 1.0 and 1.1), etc.

The URL for the Version Compatibility Table is

http://www.ditanews.com/tools/compatibility/

DITA vendors who have been contacted are listed in the Tools A-Z section of DITA News, where you will find links to the tool vendors

http://www.ditanews.com/tools/

The drawing for a free ticket to the $995 DocTrain West Conference in Vancouver May 6-9 will close this Monday, April 21st.

To put your name in for the drawing, you must be a paying member of DITA Users ($50/year or $100/year members are eligible). http://www.ditausers.org

If you are already a member, simply send an email to us saying you will attend the conference if you win (we don't want such a valuable thing to go unused).