DITA XML.org Focus Area at OASIS.
DITA Technical Committee at OASIS.
Advancing a document creation and management specification that builds content reuse into the authoring process
Don Day, dond@us.ibm.com, Chair
JoAnn Hackos, joann.hackos@comtech-serv.com, Secretary
Michael Priestley, mpriestl@ca.ibm.com, Secretary
Gershon Joseph*, gljoseph@yahoo.com, Secretary.
The wiki is provided by the OASIS standards consortium as a collaborative tool for members of the OASIS DITA Technical Committee, who are permited to post to these pages. As this is an official workspace of the TC, the OASIS IPR Policy and other OASIS rules apply to its use. To learn more about the work of the TC, send a comment, or join this effort, visit the OASIS DITA TC homepage.
Cover Pages (DITA), by Robin Cover.
The Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) is an XML-based, end-to-end architecture for authoring, producing, and delivering technical information. This architecture consists of a set of design principles for creating "information-typed" modules at a topic level and for using that content in delivery modes such as online help and product support portals on the Web. This document is a roadmap for DITA: what it is and how it applies to technical documentation.
IBM developerWorks (DITA Search).
A search of all IBM developerWorks pages on DITA
a gathering place for information about dita (xml), including:
One page of comprehensive links to DITA resources.
Comtech Services, Inc. provides a full-range of training, consulting, and support for any group considering a move to DITA. We offer a workshop series including DITA Getting Started, in addition to our regular offerings in structured writing, minimalism, and content management implementation. Dr. JoAnn Hackos, Comtech President, the industry's leading expert in information architecture, creates consulting arrangements that lead to information architecture, process redesign, and leadership in change management.
FrameDITA-lite (FDL) works with Adobe FrameMaker to create output that is compliant with the DITA specification. It is tested with FrameMaker 7.2 only, but seems to work with 7.0 and 7.1 releases as well.It is not DITA. Instead, we use a subset of DITA (see the link in the bottom right of this page) and allow users to create sample files or to develop a proof of concept that DITA compliant content can be created from FrameMaker when it is configured correctly.
While some are using DITA right out of the box, more than half of the organizations that put DITA into production find they have to alter it to meet their particular needs. Rockley Group can implement your DITA specialized model in a DTD, EDD, or Schema and specialize the associated stylesheets.
Idealliance Introduction to DITA.
A bibliography of various references that will help you learn more about DITA.
A DITA community for small documentation teams, with a DITA tutorial, a shared knowledge wiki, and discussion forums.
Edutech DITA Wiki (Daniel Schneider).
DITA Language Specification v1.1 at OASIS.
DITA Architectural Specification v1.1 at OASIS.
DITA Open Toolkit at SourceForge.
Describes the DITA Open Toolkit project--what the project is, and how to use the site.
DITA Open Toolkit Installation Guide at Comtech Services .
(Zip file of PDFs)
IBM DITA Forum (Yahoo dita-users mailing list).
Framemaker DITA Forum (Yahoo framemaker-dita mailing list).
