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DITA analysis spreadsheet

You can use the DITA analysis template to analyze existing content and recommend changes. You can also use it as a content specification when analysis is complete. See the instructions tab for information on how to use it.

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DITA and Information Architecture

Presentation by Kristen James Eberlein at DITA Europe 2008, November 17

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DITA OASIS Standard Datasheet

All interested parties are welcome to download and distribute this datasheet, which was produced by the OASIS DITA Technical Committee.

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eComPress - a powerful alternative to PDF for distributing tech reference docs

The online Help DITA Infocenter was built because the PDF and HTML versions of the DITA Language and Architectural Specifications were just too awkward to use for constant reference.
http://www.ditainfocenter.com

The DITA Infocenter got good reviews. Many users said that the great indexing and search in the Eclipse Help interface really makes it easy to find your way around the hundreds of DITA Specification pages.

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FrameMaker 7.2 and DITA - online Review

Gilbane Report Blog : Posted by Bill Trippe at September 14, 2005

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Guide to DITA Topic Types Mouse Pad

Helpful, desktop reference illustrates the DITA concept, task and reference topic types right at your fingertips. Request your mouse pad today!

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Sample CMS requirements

You can use or modify this sample requirements list as part of an RFP to assess CMS vendors. It provides over 200 questions (including some DITA-specific questions) about CMS features and functionality.

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Wikipedia Definition of DITA

Wikipedia,  the free encyclopedia, describes DITA as "an XML-based architecture for authoring, producing, and delivering technical information. The architecture and a related DTD and a W3C-Schema was developed by IBM ... Unlike book-oriented approaches that are based on chapters and pages, DITA uses topics - small chunks of information that can be easily reused across various contexts and deliverables. DITA also has built-in extensibility support, meaning you can customize document type definitions (or DTDs) without breaking compatibility with existing applications and processes.

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