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Fri, 2007-06-22 03:45 by Bruce EsrigFri, 2006-02-10 21:08 by Bruce Esrig
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<p>DITA topics are the basic units of DITA content.</p>
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<p>DITA topics are the basic units of DITA content. Each topic should be organized around a single subject. </p>
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<p>Topics are the basis for high-quality information. Each topic is organized around a single subject or answers a single question.</p>
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<p>The architectural specification describes topics and information typing at <font face="Lucida Sans Unicode" size="2"><a href="http://docs.oasis-open.org/dita/v1.0/archspec/topicover.html">http://docs.oasis-open.org/dita/v1.0/archspec/topicover.html</a></font></p>
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<p>Each topic is typically authored as a unit. It consists of a title, which captures the subject of the topic, and further content.</p>
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<p>As stated in the <a href="http://dita.xml.org/arch-intro">Introduction to the DITA architecture</a>, <a href="http://dita.xml.org/arch-topics">DITA topics</a>&nbsp;are organized by <a href="http://dita.xml.org/arch-maps">DITA maps</a>. It is also possible to nest sub-topics within a topic. <a href="http://dita.xml.org/arch-specialization">Specialization</a> enables the creation of specialized&nbsp;topics and other units of content that are tailored to particular structural requirements. <a href="http://dita.xml.org/arch-conref">Content referencing (conref)</a> enables fragments of content to be reused from a single source. <a href="http://dita.xml.org/node/1104">Conditional processing</a> permits a single source to support the needs of multiple audiences.</p>
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<p>The architectural specification describes topics and information typing at</p>
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<li><font face="Lucida Sans Unicode" size="2"><a href="http://docs.oasis-open.org/dita/v1.0/archspec/topicover.html">http://docs.oasis-open.org/dita/v1.0/archspec/topicover.html</a>.</font> </li>
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<p>Editors for the Architecture area:</p>
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<li><a title="View user profile." href="http://dita.xml.org/user/26"><strong><font color="#ac083e">Bruce Esrig</font></strong></a> </li>
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<li><a title="View user profile." href="http://dita.xml.org/user/25"><strong><font color="#ac083e">Michael Priestley</font></strong></a> </li>
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Revision of Fri, 2006-02-10 21:08:

DITA Topics and Information Typing

DITA topics are the basic units of DITA content. Each topic should be organized around a single subject.

The architectural specification describes topics and information typing at http://docs.oasis-open.org/dita/v1.0/archspec/topicover.html

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