Specializations

The following is a list of pages on this site that are tagged with specializations.

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Live DITA Application: FASB GAAP Codification (ASC)

Blog entry: Submitted by drmacro on Wed, 2008-01-23 16:51. Last updated on Thu, 2008-01-24 09:45.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has gone live with it's new Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Web site, a DITA-based application that provides all of the U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Procedures (GAAP) standards through dynamic delivery of DITA-based content.

I have written up a deeper discussion of the project here: http://blog.reallysi.com/2008/01/live-dita-appli.html

The ASC site itself is here: http://asc.fasb.org/home

PTC Arbortext DITA Service Manual Application

Blog entry: Submitted by Bob Doyle on Fri, 2007-11-09 03:15. Last updated on Mon, 2007-11-12 10:10.

PTC Arbortext has developed a custom DITA application that provides 80-90% of the work to produce a service manual for web and print publication.

Featuring a number of DITA topic specializations (SMA Task, SMA Concept, SMA Reference, and a Troubleshooting specialization), coordinated XSL stylesheets produce a manual with a standard two-column layout.

The SMA shows the competitive advantage of managing a DITA project with integrated tools from Arbortext Editor with Styler.

OASIS DITA Machine Industry Subcommittee

Book page: Submitted by Bob Doyle on Thu, 2007-08-09 21:43. Last updated on Wed, 2007-11-28 09:29.

This activity will help to galvanize the role of DITA specializations across
industries that have common issues for hardware-related description.
Such as: manufacturing system engineering,
engine- and machine construction, power plant equipments, apparatus
engineering, elevators and escalators etc.

OASIS DITA Semiconductor Information Design Subcommittee

Book page: Submitted by LiuXingYun on Thu, 2007-08-09 21:38. Last updated on Tue, 2008-04-01 15:09.

Creating DITA specializations for better information design and interoperability throughout the semiconductor industry.

This subcommittee represents a community of interest within various semiconductor companies who believe that there is value in creating a DITA specialization for the industry. Not only will this enable better integration with the development of the OASIS DITA Standard, but will provide an opportunity for

OASIS DITA Learning Content Subcommittee

Book page: Submitted by Bruce Esrig on Tue, 2006-10-17 13:32. Last updated on Wed, 2007-11-28 09:29.

This page contains information about the work of the OASIS DITA Learning and Training Content Specialization Subcommittee (at http://www.oasis-open.org).

What is the purpose of the committee?

How does it operate?

What methods are available for staying informed about the work of the committee?

What background information is on record?

What work products are publicly available?

What issues is the committee working on?

Who should join and how is that done?