This section contains sources of information about DITA and DITA Open Toolkit.
Sections in this topic:
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dita.xml.org: Official DITA community gathering place and information resource for the DITA OASIS Standard Includes a knowledge base, a wiki, news items about DITA, events, products and services, case studies, user groups, forums, blogs, and a resource directory. Hosted by OASIS. |
http://dita.xml.org |
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Cover Pages: Articles, presentations, and facts about DITA Hosted by OASIS. |
http://xml.coverpages.org/dita.html |
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IBM site containing a collection of information about DITA |
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Download site for the Toolkit and related/prerequisite software |
https://sourceforge.net/projects/dita-ot |
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alphaWorks IBM TaskModeler: An Eclipse-based tool for rapidly creating and analyzing models of human activity for DITA and user experience design |
http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/taskmodeler |
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IBM download site: Collection of DITA downloads |
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-dita6/x-dita_downloads.html |
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Introduction to DITA: A User Guide to the Darwin Information Typing Architecture Book (level: beginner). Authors: Jennifer Linton and Kylene Bruski. Publisher: Comtech Services, Colorado, 2006. Task-oriented approach to learning DITA. Authored using DITA markup and methodology in a variety of XML editors. Published using the Blast Radius and Mekon FrameMaker plugin in the DITA 1.2 Open Toolkit. |
http://www.comtech-serv.com |
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Introduction to the Darwin Information Typing Architecture Article (level: beginner). Authors: Eric Hennum, Don Day, John Hunt, and Dave Schell. Publisher: IBM, updated September 2005. Roadmap for the Darwin Information Typing Architecture: what it is and how it applies to technical documentation. Also a product of the architecture, having been written entirely in XML and produced using the principles described. |
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-dita1/ |
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Design patterns for information architecture with DITA map domains Article (level: intermediate). Authors: Eric Hennum, Don Day, John Hunt, and Dave Schell. Publisher: IBM, updated September 2005. Explains the design technique for creating a DITA map domain. |
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-dita7/ |
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An XML-based information architecture for learning content Part 1: A DITA specialization design. Article (level: intermediate). Authors: Robert Bernard and John P. Hunt. Publisher: IBM, August 2005. How topic-based DITA XML can provide the basis for developing an information architecture for single-sourced XML learning content. |
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-dita9b/ |
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An XML-based information architecture for learning content Part 2: A DITA content pilot. Article (level: intermediate). Authors: John P. Hunt and Robert Bernard. Publisher: IBM, August 2005. How topic-based DITA XML can provide the basis for developing an information architecture for single-sourced XML learning content. |
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-dita9a/ |
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Developing Quality Technical Information: A Handbook for Writors and Editors Authors: Gretchen Hargis et al. Publisher: IBM, 2nd edition, 2004. How to apply quality characteristics that make technical information easy to use, easy to understand, and easy to find. |
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-dita9a/ |
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List of DITA consultants |
http://dita.xml.org/taxonomy/term/48 |
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Roadmap for DITA development Lists of proposed and committed features for future releases. |
http://wiki.oasis-open.org/dita/Roadmap_for_DITA_development |
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Current DITA Open Toolkit release Bugs, support requests, patches, feature requests. |
http://dita-ot.sourceforge.net/ |
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OASIS DITA Open Toolkit project home |
http://dita-ot.sourceforge.net/ |
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OASIS DITA Open Toolkit 1.3 features and issues tracking |
http://dita.xml.org/node/1282 |
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DITA Open Toolkit developers mailing list |
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dita-ot-developer |
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DITA 1.1 proposed features |
http://wiki.oasis-open.org/dita/DITA_1.1_Features |
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DITA 1.1 work items |
http://wiki.oasis-open.org/dita/List_of_DITA_1.1_Work_Items |
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OASIS DITA standards committee website |
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=dita |
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OASIS DITA Language Specification version 1.0 OASIS Standard, 09 May 2005. |
http://docs.oasis-open.org/dita/v1.0/dita-v1.0-spec-os-LanguageSpecification.pdf |
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OASIS DITA Archetectural Specification version 1.0 OASIS Standard, 09 May 2005. |
http://docs.oasis-open.org/dita/v1.0/dita-v1.0-spec-os-ArchitecturalSpecification.pdf |
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Apache Derby documentation Apache Derby, an Apache database subproject, is a relational database implemented entirely in Java, and available under the Apache license, version 2.0. The Derby documentation manuals are sourced in DITA. |
For an overview of the documentation, see http://db.apache.org/derby/manuals/index.html. For the DITA source files, see http://db.apache.org/derby/manuals/dita.html. |
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Forum for DITA questions and discussion |
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dita-users |
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Forum for Adobe FrameMaker/DITA questions |
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/framemaker-dita |
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List of DITA user and interest groups (by location) |
http://dita.xml.org/user-groups |
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DITA forums on sourceforge.net (there are three forums: developers, help, and open discussion) |
https://sourceforge.net/forum/?group_id=132728 |
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XML 2006 Date: December 5-7. Location: Boston. Audience: Those who want to use XML and related technologies. |
http://2005.xmlconference.org/ |
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DITA Europe 2006 Date: November 2-3. Location: Frankfurt. Audience: Those who are interested in implementing XML DITA or learning more about this new standard for topic-based authoring. Conference organizer: Center for Information Development Management. |
http://www.infomanagementcenter.com/DITAeurope/ |
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Tri-XML 2006 Date: July 27-29. Location: Raleigh, NC. Focus: Presentations on real-world use of XML. Conference organizer: Tri-XML, an interest group for the Research Triangle area, NC USA that focuses on educating members in XML-related technologies and potential uses. |
http://www.trixml.org//confindex.shtml |
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X-Pubs 2006 Date: June 20-21. Location:London. Focus: Seeks to critique the established business justification for the adoption of both XML and DITA in organizational publishing. |
http://www.x-pubs.com/index.php |
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XTech 2006 Date: May 16-19. Location: Amsterdam. XTech 2007: Paris. Audience: Developers, information designers and managers working with web and standards-based technologies. |
http://xtech06.usefulinc.com/content/about |
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Content Management Strategies 2006 Date: April 3-5. Location: San Francisco, CA. CMS 07: March 26-28, Boston, MA. Conference organizer: Center for Information Development Management (CIDM). |
http://www.infomanagementcenter.com/index.htm |
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DITA 2006 Date: March 23-25. Location: Raleigh, NC. DITA 2007 (West Coast), February, California. DITA 2007 (East Coast), fall, Florida (tentative). Conference organizer: Bright Path Solutions. |
http://www.travelthepath.com/dita2006.html |