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A Better PDF Plugin: Using the topic2fo.xsl File instead of custom.xsl
In my book DITA For Print, I explain how to create a custom PDF plugin. The method I outline there is to first add stylesheets wit…
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Modernizing User Assistance
SAP uses open-source components to make content more usable and visually appealing, and to take user assistance to the next level….
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Top 200 Content Strategists 2017
Discover the top 25 content strategist influencers of 2017. Candidates are selected based on internet presence, influence, communi…
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Where DITA Is Now and Where It Is Headed: Lightweight DITA and DITA 2.0
The “D” in DITA stands for “Darwin,” underscoring the fact that the XML standard has evolution built into its design. That evolu…
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Beyond Traditional Roles: How Technical Communicators Can Add Value
Why do we need technical communicators? The skill sets and experience of technical communicator…
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DITA Production Metrics: Looking at Topic Ratios
What I think is still a largely under-appreciated aspect of DITA is that it enables documentation teams to measure ongoing content…
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The growth of DITA in the UK
DITA XML is the fastest-growing standard for structured content, and my research (published on ditawriter.com/companies-using-dita…
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Ten Reasons Why DITA and Agile Are Made for Each Other
DITA’s topic-based approach to enable content reuse complements the principles of Agile methodologies. And that’s by far not the …
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Playing Your Way to Better Content Management and Collaboration
From subject matter experts to content creators, project managers and even translation and localization experts, content managemen…
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The Benefits of DITA Authoring within a CCMS
It is rare for documentation teams to not use some form of database or repository for storing their technical content. A documenta…
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The Past, Present, and Future of DITA
As the DITA standard celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, we reflect on its existence over the last decade and note how much…
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From Monolithicity to Flexibility, Using DITA Keyrefs
mono•lith•ic adjective \mä-nə-li-thik\ 1. a: of, relating to, or resembling a monolith : huge, massive… 2. a: cast as a sing…