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Myths about technical writing
Wiki page: Submitted by Bob Doyle on Thu, 2008-06-12 18:54. Last updated on Thu, 2008-06-26 13:05.
When you start working with DITA, there are some things that you may feel you need for traditional reasons that you won't find in DITA. Before you try to modify or specialize DITA, it may be worthwhile to rethink some technical writing practices that are outdated and not recommended today.
1. The GlueText Myth
What has been the most challenging aspect of your DITA implementation?
Poll: Submitted by carolgeyer on Thu, 2008-06-12 18:51. Last updated on Thu, 2008-06-12 18:56.
Migrating legacy data
14% (3 votes)
Writing in a topic-oriented way
18% (4 votes)
Choosing the right DITA elements/attributes to use
9% (2 votes)
Learning new tools
5% (1 vote)
Setting up a publishing system/stylesheets
55% (12 votes)
Total votes: 22
Lottery for free DITA conference tickets closes tomorrow
News: Submitted by Bob Doyle on Thu, 2008-06-12 15:27.
DITA Users lottery for free tickets to major conferences featuring DITA in June, will close tomorrow, June 13.
Join DITA Users today and enter the lottery. If you are already a member, send us a request saying that if you win you will attend one or more of these conferences:
Public webinars on using the DITA-OT, FO plug-in, XSL-FO
Event: Submitted by jgelb on Wed, 2008-06-11 18:40.
Location:
via webinarDate:
26 Jun 2008 - 13:00 - 15 Jul 2008 - 16:00topicref in reltable but not in ditamap
Forum topic: Submitted by Yves Barbion on Tue, 2008-06-10 09:41.
I'm using DITA-FMx 1.00.21, XMetal 5 and the DITA-OT1.3.1.
I've got a ditamap with 3 topicrefs:
- topic A
- topic B [1]
- topic C
My reltable looks like this:
- topic A links to topic B [2]
- topic A links to topic C
I then delete the topicref to topic B in my ditamap [1], but not the link from A to B in the reltable [2] (I may forget to do this in "real life").
I've got a ditamap with 3 topicrefs:
- topic A
- topic B [1]
- topic C
My reltable looks like this:
- topic A links to topic B [2]
- topic A links to topic C
I then delete the topicref to topic B in my ditamap [1], but not the link from A to B in the reltable [2] (I may forget to do this in "real life").
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