[This blog post was originally published on the IXIASOFT website on February 5, 2016. It is reproduced here with permission]. Troubleshooting has been around as long as humans have been tinkering with the gadgets they have created. I don’t doubt that the person who invented the wheel was given plenty of advice from others theRead More
[This blog post was originally published on the IXIASOFT website on July 27, 2015. It is reproduced here with permission]. This is the first in a series of articles examining aspects of DITA 1.3, aimed at content creators and information architects. Please note that the information that follows is based on the draft DITA 1.3Read More
Updated July 8, 2015: added links to individual DITA 1.3 draft packages produced by Titania Delivery and added link to OASIS 30-day review versions. While the process on how DITA is developed has always been open, and there have been some good presentations and articles on what to expect, up until recently those who wereRead More
Other intriguing tidbits are emerging about what to expect in DITA 1.3. There’s very little information that is definite for those who do not have membership in OASIS, but interestingly the development milestone website is publicly accessible, though most of the more detailed information it references can only be found within password-protected sections held withinRead More
Just over a week ago the people at Syncro Soft updated their oXygen XML Editor to version 15.2. What just caught my eye is the fact that there is already a DITA 1.3-specific feature added to the software, in anticipation of its release. Yup, DITA 1.3. Just when you think you’ve got your head aroundRead More
One of the more active OASIS DITA Technical Subcommittees (TC) is that lead by a coalition of semiconductor firms seeking to extend DITA to cover the specific needs of this industry segment. Recent developments at OASIS strongly hint that this additional, separate DITA specialization will become officially available when DITA 1.3 is released. As IRead More
DITA Europe Conference[/caption]Now that the http://f1.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/YHDCTmuGJwgZG06_MI0VrSOZvoSamNbkElg0K6FOt-oOgPUE1ccllxtQzmtXAadK3IsTk6sUBLo9Cko1HGa3og/Presentations/2011-10-19%20SDIG%20presentation has passed, the Semiconductor DITA implementor’s Group (SDIG) are now able to release the slide-deck and recording of the “Automating FrameMaker to DITA Migration” session Webinar. It had been embargoed at the request of the presenters, who were giving a version of that presentation at the conference. Here areRead More
JoAnn Hackos gave the closing talk at the conference, and made the observation that DITA has not taken off in Europe as it has in North America. That was pretty much my impression as well, after talking to a number of people here. One tech writing manager I met had her ROI argument for gettingRead More
