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DITA-OT1.5 M15 (Feature Request ID: 2698921)

Thanks to Robert Anderson (Feature Request ID: 2698921) you can now add attributes to the body tag in HTML output.

I wanted to use the http://code.google.com/p/google-code-prettify/ code highlighter and was able to get the script calls in using args.hdf/hdr, and use outputclass=prettyprint into the codeblock tag. The last thing was to modify the body tag to run the script when the page loaded. I modified the XSL to make it conditional, so it didn't modify the tag on pages that didn't actually need the script:

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ToC in PDF with Arbortext editor

Anyone out there who can tell me how to a ToC in my PDF output?

 

I have a map that incudes some preface stuff and then I'd like a ToC before the actual content.

 I assume I will need to include an element of some sort, but I can't figure out which one.

 Regards,

Søren Weimann

OASIS invites participation in new DITA Pharmaceutical Content Subcommittee

The DITA Pharmaceutical Content Subcommittee will define DITA topics, maps, associated metadata properties and terminology to streamline design and creation of the complete body of pharmaceutical documentation required to present a product for scientific and regulatory purposes throughout its lifecycle.

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Syntext Presents Serna Free XML Editor

Syntext, Inc., a developer of software for XML content authoring solutions and related services, announced the release of a Free Edition of Serna WYSIWYG XML editor. Serna Free provides a solution for students, open source developers, and other users to work with DITA, DocBook, and other XML formats. Authors can upgrade their Serna Free to the Enterprise Edition, which enables enterprise-oriented features such as integration with content management systems, collaborative authoring, and customization APIs and tools.

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IDCMS Blue: IBM's Information Development Content Management Strategy

Presentation by Mike Iantosca (IBM) at the 27 May 2009 meeting of the RTP DITA Users' Group. Jointly sponsored with the Boston DITA User Group.

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