In XML for Writers, participants work through multiple exercises and demonstrations on Document Modeling, establishing a DTD tree structure of your information, creating a DTD, and using the DTD to mark up a document in XML tags. The instructor gives demonstrations of processing and rendering techniques for creating exciting deliverables. Demonstrations of authoring and process tools are also given. Much of this interactive workshop focuses around the Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) and the benefits of using a topic-based writing approach. This includes development of information types, content units, and the powers of a single sourcing and content reuse strategy. You will come away with an understanding of how all of these different pieces fit together and what many of the acronyms, such as XML, XSL, XSLT, XHTML, XPath, and DITA, stand for.