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Survey of users of the DITA 1.2 Specification
News: Submitted by jhackos on Sun, 2011-01-23 21:44.
XML / DITA Technical Pre-sales position in Texas
News: Submitted by tommotzel on Thu, 2011-01-20 00:53.
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Hope to hear from you!
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Hope to hear from you!
Tom Motzel
612-234-7108
DITA 1.2
Resource: Submitted by Kristen James E... on Fri, 2011-01-14 15:08.
DITA was approved as an OASIS standard on 1 December 2010. You can download the DITA 1.2 specification from the official OASIS Web page.
<Add links to other key DITA 1.2 resources here>
[ANN] XMLmind DITA Converter v2.0
News: Submitted by ishacian on Mon, 2011-01-03 09:42.
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XMLmind DITA Converter v2.0 (December 29, 2010)
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XMLmind DITA Converter (ditac) has now extensive support for the DITA
1.2 standard.
Ditac 2.0 has less limitations and less specificities than ditac 1.x. It
is also more conforming to the DITA 1.2 standard than ditac 1.x was to
the DITA 1.1 standard.
All in all, even if you do not intend to use any of the DITA 1.2
XMLmind DITA Converter v2.0 (December 29, 2010)
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XMLmind DITA Converter (ditac) has now extensive support for the DITA
1.2 standard.
Ditac 2.0 has less limitations and less specificities than ditac 1.x. It
is also more conforming to the DITA 1.2 standard than ditac 1.x was to
the DITA 1.1 standard.
All in all, even if you do not intend to use any of the DITA 1.2
In pursuit of the ultimate techCom information architecture
How do we identify user tasks?
Blog entry: Submitted by Jonatan Lundin on Sun, 2010-12-19 08:56.
A technical product needs documentation that helps the end user understand how the product is used to solve the needs, problems or requirements the user is facing. The documentation includes task information (as a DITA task topic) to instruct the user on how to do things.
But how does the technical communicator identify the user tasks? Let’s look at the traditional task analysis approach along with its challenges.