DITA - how to start?

[Ole Andersen]

I agree with Kevin; FrameMaker is a brilliant authoring tool for DITA content. Same goes for XMLSpy, XmetaL, EPIC and a number of other XML-editors.

If you are looking for a DITA "compatible" CMS you may want to visit DITA Exchange. It's dita at sharepoint! But it's DITA on the latest SharePoint Server 2007 platform - which is a complete end-to-end-single-source-publishing-and-collaboration platform. And BTW DITA Exchange works fine with all the XML-editors I mentioned above...

The overall benefit from DITA Exchange is that everybody in your organization can write meaningful DITA topics and compose DITA maps without knowing the first thing about XML or DITA. Subject matter experts work in a forms-based browser interface, while the content experts work in their preferred XML-editor - bridging the gap between the two worlds...

Ping me off-line if you want to have a look.

Thanks, Ole


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From: techwr-l-bounces+ora=dita-exchange.com at lists.techwr-l.com [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+ora=dita-exchange.com at lists.techwr-l.com] On Behalf Of Kevin McGowan
Sent: 31. august 2007 20:59
To: caveatrob at gmail.com; techwr-l at lists.techwr-l.com
Subject: RE: DITA - how to start?

Hi Rob,

As a day-to-day DITA user, I have to tell you the honest truth. The best 
resources are the folks on the DITA Framemaker Yahoo group. The obvious 
caveat meaning that they work with the FrameMaker DITA plugin...but they are 
very knowledgeable about DITA and its various applications.

There is sweet little DITA documentation out there that I've found to be 
thoroughly useful. A lot of theoretical info, and some practical tool info 
that appears in the odd article, and postings on the aforementioned group.

As for Windows tools...there are many besides FrameMaker. If you're trying 
to accomplish a specific task, your own specs and budget will determine 
which one to go with.

Cheers,
Kevin



>From: "Rob Hudson" <caveatrob at gmail.com>
>To: TECHWR-L <techwr-l at lists.techwr-l.com>
>Subject: DITA - how to start?
>Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:03:27 -0500
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>I'm sure this question has been asked many times, but as a new PhD
>student and "old" documenter, I'm wondering about foundational
>resources and readings for both DITA theory and DITA applicaiton.
>
>And speaking of applications, what are my options in Windows for DITA
>tools? Do I just grab a reference manual and a copy of XML Spy?
>
>What do DITA users on this list use in day-to-day tasks?
>
>Rob
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