In the first article of this 3-part series, Flatiron Solutions CTO Eric Severson introduced component-based authoring and described its significant business benefits over document-based authoring. In this second article, Severson explains how component-based authoring actually works, why DITA is the state-of-the-art XML standard of choice and why a CMS is needed to keep track of all the components.
Read the complete article in eWeek.
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Key Elements on Customizing and Troubleshooting Output from the DITA OT
Event: Submitted by Kristen Eberlein on Fri, 2008-08-29 14:14.
Location:
https://justsystems.webex.com/mw0305l/mywebex/default.do?nomenu=true&siteurl=justsystems&service=6&main_url=https%3A%2F%2Fjustsystems.webex.com%2Fec0600l%2Feventcenter%2Fevent%2FeventAction.do%3FtheAction%3Ddetail%26confViewID%3D342529852%26siteurl%3Djustsystems%26%26%26Date:
23 Sep 2008 - 14:00 - 15:00Event Type:
WebinarHow Component-Based Authoring Works
News: Submitted by carolgeyer on Wed, 2008-08-27 16:31.
SeicoDyne GmbH - Your European DITA Specialist
Service: Submitted by seicodyne on Wed, 2008-08-27 09:05.
SeicoDyne provides services in the field of technical documentation. We have specialised in assisting companies such as yours in all process steps of product documentation. One of our greatest strengths is the XML documentation standard DITA.
For more information, please see www.seicodyne.com
SeicoDyne GmbH
Eichenstrasse
16
6015 Reussbuehl
Switzerland:
An Overview of the DITA Open Toolkit
Event: Submitted by Kristen Eberlein on Mon, 2008-08-25 13:28. Last updated on Mon, 2008-08-25 13:29.
Location:
https://justsystems.webex.com/justsystems/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=924000304Date:
26 Aug 2008 - 14:00 - 15:00Event Type:
Webinarjhackos
DITA to XLIFF and back -- we all need to learn what it means
Blog entry: Submitted by jhackos on Thu, 2008-08-21 20:17.
On September 18 and 23, 2008, the OASIS DITA Adoption Technical Committee will hold its first webinars to present the benefits of using DITA in a translation environments.
To learn more and register for these events, see the Events page on dita.xml.org