While it doesn’t get as much publicity as multimedia-based sites like YouTube, I often find interesting presentation on a variety of subject (like Information Architecture, Technical Writing, Localization, and of course DITA) from SlideShare.net. The following is a good summary of the basics of DITA by Selvakumar T.S. from Cadence. At 60 pages it beliesRead More
Month: April 2010
DITA 101 Presentation on YouTube
A nice four-part presentation (PowerPoint slide deck plus running commentary) on the basics of DITA by Sarah O’Keefe of Scriptorium. The whole thing runs about 40 minutes total and is good intro to the topic. One of the things I particularly like comes up in the second part where O’Keefe focuses on DITA’s niche inRead More
What is Documentation Architecture and What Does a Documentation Architect Do?
Prior to working with DITA XML, I worked as an Information Architect for the various professional Web sites. (I still teach a couple of courses on this subject at the University of Toronto’s Professional Learning Centre). I was intrigued with the idea of applying the same skills and techniques that I had learned from theRead More
DITA, Structured Writing and Reuse
Let’s get the definitions out of the way first: DITA is short for “Darwin Information Typing Architecture”, hence the acronym. This is not so much a definition of what DITA is, it is more a description of what the acronym stands. From a more practical standpoint, DITA is an open XML standard which is designedRead More
About Me and This Blog
I work as a technical writer and manager for a technical publications team that has been using the Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) for several years in production. My intention with this blog is to share of my knowledge of DITA with others, to keep track of the latest developments in the field, and toRead More