Re: Writing structured content [recap]

[Richard Lewis <tech44writer -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

Gordon asks:
   
  ..... I'm more interested in how best to
shift a docs team from writing chapters, to writing distinct chunks of
information. 
   
  Richard Lewis responds:
   
  Creating loosely-coupled, highly cohesive (i.e., highly modular) chunks of information is an analysis issue.  A fancy word for chunking is partitioning.  Partitioning is also a big part of the definition of analysis.  What you are trying to identify is an analysis technique.   Not some technology-based solution.     I googled DITA.   The first entry stated "an XML-based..."  - that's all I needed to know.  Ain't no such thing as an XML based analysis tool.  
   
    
   
   


   
       
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