Feature articles by DITAWriter or by other contributors.
(This article was originally published in CIDM Information Management News for March 2012. It is an update to a previous article by the same name on this site). It all started innocently enough with a simple question asked in a LinkedIn forum. I was looking for more information on companies that were using DITA forRead More
Update: new VMTurbo example (and link to info relating how it is produced) added July 11, 2014. If you are looking for examples of DITA-produced output, this list is for you. In my initial survey of Companies Using DITA, I found that while many firms are using DITA XML in their documentation efforts, the majorityRead More
Following the last article here that looked at the worldwide distribution of the firms and organizations that are using DITA, I have just re-launched an expanded version of the Companies Using DITA page that includes the geographic location of the city and country for a given organization’s HQ. There are now almost 250 companies listed,Read More
As a teaser for the upcoming “Mark III” version of the Companies Using DITA page, which will not only be expanded from the current list but will also include the locations for the HQ of each company/organization shown, I thought I’d give a preliminary glimpse as to what the geographic distribution of DITA use isRead More
When the number of firms/organizations listed on the Companies Using DITA page hit 200 yesterday, I thought it would be a good idea to take a look at the industry segments to see if there are some significant trends as to which sectors are using DITA for their documentation processes. The results may surprise youRead More
Thanks to all of the responses I had on LinkedIn and by email from people who use DITA in their work, I have done a major revamp of the Companies Using DITA page on this site. Not only does it list additional firms and organizations that were sent to me, but I have done additionalRead More
In the previous article I looked briefly at the numbers from the latest Microsft’s Visio survey of technical writer tools, taking the raw data and showing where the DITA-OT appears in the list of the overall top 20 Technical Writer’s tools (#18, up from #20 in 2011) and where it appears in a listing ofRead More
Update January 27, 2012: Have changed the table info so that it is driven from a database — now you can sort and search the content of the tables, as well as seeing the full listing of tools in the survey. It wasn’t that long ago when I looked at the 2011 Survey that WritersUARead More
One new addition to the site today: a list of companies that are on record for using DITA to produce their documentation. Since I am currently looking for a position at a firm that uses DITA, this is partly for my own benefit, but am hoping it will help others who want to target firmsRead More
Update January 27, 2012: Have changed the table info so that it is driven from a database — now you can sort and search the content of the tables, as well as seeing the full listing of tools in the survey. The folks at self-selection bias are running their annual survey of the type ofRead More
