Richard Hamilton, author of Managing Writers has reviewed Practical DITA on his XML Press website. Read the review at the linked site.
Richard Hamilton reviews Practical DITA
Stilo cuts the cost of DITA content migration
1 April 2009, Swindon, United Kingdom – Stilo International today unveiled a radical Q2 promotion that significantly reduces the cost of content migration. Organizations that need to convert legacy content, such as Word, FrameMaker and HTML files into DITA XML can now do so for just $1 per page and $1 per graphic.
DITA4Joomla!
A recent project requirement of mine has prompted the development of DITA extensions for the popular open source Joomla! 1.5 content management system (CMS).
The DITA4Joomla Project enables the authoring, management and publishing of DITA content through the Joomla! CMS.
Alexej Spas DITA blog
Common errors in DITA specializations
DITA Specialization opens a new dimension for customizing DITA to needs of different enterprises. But doing a valid specialization is not a trivial process. It requires rather deep understanding of DITA internals and command in technologies like DTD, XML Schema and s.o.
But even with sufficient knowledge of DTD (or XML Schema) coding, doing a valid specialization requires knowledge of certain DITA principles and rules. Just designing a valid DTD will not necessarily mean that you have a valid DITA model.
variables and entities
So ... in FrameMaker, I'm happy to replace things like product names and department names by variables; saves typing, increases accuracy and so on. How do I set about applying the same approach in DITA? for the time being, I'm working with a DITA-aware editor (XMLMind) to get a clearer idea of how things fit together.