DITA User Groups (DUGs) or DITA Special Interest Groups (DIGs) facilitate knowledge sharing among users in specific geographic areas or among those with similar interests.

DITA XML.org offers free online hosting services for DUGs and DIGs and also provides information and links to groups with external sites.   Group organizers should join the DUGS mailing list - dugs@ditausers.org - for help organizing meetings and perhaps recording meetings to share them with DITA Users around the world.    

Currently Active Groups:

Canada

• Ontario: Toronto DITA User Group
• British Columbia: Vancouver DITA User Group

United States

• California: Silicon Valley DITA Interest Group
• Colorado: Boulder-Denver DITA User Group
• Indiana: Indy DITA
• Massachusetts: Boston DITA User Group
• New York: New York DITA Users Group
• North Carolina: Research Triangle Park DUG
• Texas: Central Texas DITA Users Group (Austin)

International

• Web-based: DITA Users (nearly 400 members from 21 countries)
• Web-based: FrameMaker-DITA on Yahoo Groups

Virtual

• Second Life: Addicted to Reality 13, 27, 24

New Groups

If you're interested in forming a DITA Users Group in your local area or within your field of interest, post your request here. Include your email address to encourage others in your area to contact you.

• Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh area. There have been markup language users groups in this area before, and I think such a user group would be well received. Please contact Kay Ethier if you are in the Pittsburgh area and are interested in meetings.
• Minnesota: Twin Cities or Rochester area. Looking for interest in a new user's group. Contact robander at us.ibm.com if interested.
• Brisbane, Australia: I would like to share DITA experiences with anybody in Brisbane, in particular, or anywhere in Australia and maybe consider setting up a DITA user group. Please contact KenFredric@aurion.com.au.
• Finland: If you would be interested in joining us in forming a DITA User Group in Finland, please contact Timo Nevalainen at timo.nevalainen@citec.fi.
• Ohio (USA): Columbus/Dublin. Our company is new to DITA and would like to form a User Group in our area. Please contact melinda_rose@stercomm.com if interested.
• England(UK). Looking for interest in DITA user groups for the UK. (I'm based near Winchester, Hampshire.) If you are interested, contact ian_larner@uk.ibm.com.
• South Africa(ZA). Looking to create an active DITA user group in South Africa. Currently situated in Pretoria, Centurion. Please visit http://dita.webnetix.co.za or contact alex.griessel@webnetix.co.za for more information.
• Kansas City: Looking to create an active DITA user group in the Kansas City area to share ideas and experiences. If interested, please contact Heather Parsons at parsons_heather@bah.com
• Facebook DITA group
• Montreal, Canada. Looking to create a DITA user group. If interested, please contact Martin Filteau at martin.filteau@octasic.com

Recorded meetings

If you are interested in having your DITA User Group meeting recorded and posted to the web so other DITA Users around the world can profit from it, contact Bob Doyle.