Numerous pre-recorded webinars previously provided by leading industry experts on the business benefits of DITA as well as planning and implementing a DITA-based solution.

Webinars can be accessed here (note: requires registration)

Getting Started with DITA

Abstract: You already know that DITA is right for your organization. But how do you implement DITA effectively in your organization to deliver the anticipated cost and time savings?

Presented by: Yas Etessam, XMetaL Content Lifecycle Solutions consultant and member of Member of OASIS DITA Technical Committee.

 

DITA: Moving from Books to Topics

Abstract: DITA -Moving from Books to Topics. DITA, accompanied by content management solutions, facilitates topic-oriented writing and presents new opportunities for conveying information to our customers. Topics lend themselves to the flexibility required of multiple media and present opportunities for reuse that increase efficiency and decrease cost.

Presented by: Dr. JoAnn Hackos, Comtech Services Inc. and Jerry Silver, XMetaL

 

How IBM Obtains Business Value from Information: A DITA Success Story

Abstract: In a world of very tight and dwindling resources, why make the effort to move to a new data format for their technical documentation? What advantages can a corporation, a small technical development team, or even one person benefit from going to DITA?

Presented by: Dave Schell of IBM Corporation and Jerry Silver of XMetaL

 

DITA Directions: Topic-Oriented Single-Source Publishing for the Web and Beyond

Presented by: Bill Trippe of the Gilbane Report, Paul Wlodarczyk of XMetaL, Bill Rabkin of Idiom Technologies, Jerry Silver of XMetaL

 

Proving the Case for DITA-based Authoring

Presented by: Paul Prescod and Jerry Silver of XMetaL, and Steve Manning of the Rockley Group