<p>This 5-minute Flash-based tutorial introduces DITA Topics, Specializations for Concept, Task, and Reference, and shows how Topics are organized with DITA Maps for publishing tomultiple formats.</p><p><a href="http://www.ditausers.org/training/DITATopics/">View the tutorial here</a>. </p><p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.ditausers.org/training/DITATopics/"></a>For your convenience, below are the eight slides used in the animated and narrated tutorial. If you want higher-quality images to use in a DITA presentation, please contact <a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:editor@cmsreview.com">Bob Doyle</a>. </p><p>Higher-quality slides are now available at <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif" class="Apple-style-span"><a style="color: #2a5db0" href="http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/dita-users/message/11059" target="_blank">http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/dita-users/message/11059</a>.  Or d<span style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Georgia" class="Apple-style-span"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #247cd4" href="http://www.ditausers.org/tutorial/basics/DITATopicsTutorial.zip">ownload a zipped folder</a> with the eight explanatory slides that you can use to educate your tech pubs group about DITA.</span></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://www.ditausers.org/images/tutorial/Topics.gif" alt="DITA Topics" width="420" height="304" /> </p><p><img src="http://www.ditausers.org/images/tutorial/Elements.gif" alt="DITA Topic Elements" width="420" height="285" /> </p><p><img src="http://www.ditausers.org/images/tutorial/Element_Order.gif" alt="Element Order and Number" width="420" height="283" /> </p><p><img src="http://www.ditausers.org/images/tutorial/Concept.gif" alt="DITA Concept Topc" width="420" height="252" /></p><p><img src="http://www.ditausers.org/images/tutorial/Task.gif" alt="DITA Task Topc" width="420" height="300" /></p><p><img src="http://www.ditausers.org/images/tutorial/Reference.gif" alt="DITA Reference Topic" width="420" height="244" /></p><p><img src="http://www.ditausers.org/images/tutorial/DITA_Maps.gif" alt="DITA Maps" width="420" height="315" /></p><p><img src="http://www.ditausers.org/images/tutorial/Org_Topics_w_Maps.gif" alt="Organizing DITA Topics with Maps" width="420" height="324" /> </p>