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Functional Preview of DITA Visual Specialization Manager

Blog entry: Submitted by wildwildleha on Tue, 2009-12-08 22:07.

DITAworks development team is now actively working on release of first version of DITA Visual Specialization Manager (DVSM) that allows management of DITA Specializations in visual and easy way (for more details see: http://www.ditaworks.com/modeling/).

DITA Visual Specialization Manager is planned to be released this week, but now you have a possibility to get a first preview of available functionality by watching some fresh screen casts published on DITAworks website. These demos cover following functions of DVSM:

A graphical front end for XMLmind DITA Converter

News: Submitted by ishacian on Mon, 2009-12-07 08:38.

XMLmind DITA Converter v1.1.0_02 (December 4, 2009)
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As of v4.3.2, XMLmind XSL Utility may be used as a graphical
front end for XMLmind DITA Converter (ditac).
More info:
http://www.xmlmind.com/foconverter/changes.html#v4.3.2
Screenshot:
http://www.xmlmind.com/ditac/images/xslutil_dita_menu.png
If you are looking for an easy to install and easy to use
tool to convert your DITA documents to a variety of formats,
look no further.
Download XMLmind XSL Utility:
http://www.xmlmind.com/foconverter/downloadperso.shtml

Comet Computer GmbH presentation: "DITA and Authoring Software"

News: Submitted by Semcon Communic... on Thu, 2009-12-03 13:54.

At their well-attended presentation at the DITA Europe Conference 2009, Professor Sissi Closs and Robert Hinesley of Comet Computer GmbH demonstrated how different authoring tools can support DITA today.

They compared the use of DITA in Author-it, Flare and FrameMaker (in combination with RoboHelp). The advantages and stumbling blocks of the individual tools within DITA were explained using examples, and solutions for a smooth implementation were demonstrated.

Afterwards, the experts participated in a lively debate about the use of DITA in projects.