An introduction to DITA's key and key reference facility: why, when, and how. If you have images, content references, variable text, or cross references in your DITA content you need keys. This presentation helps harness the energy of your content and return it to harmony.
About the Visiting Dojo Expert
Eliot Kimber has been doing DITA since before DITA was a thing. He is a founding member of the DITA Technical Committee and one of the architects of DITA's key facility.
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Recorded: 5 March 2018
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Resources
- DITA specification
- DITA 1.3 Feature Article: Understanding Scoped Keys in DITA 1.3, Leigh White.
- DITA For Practitioners, Vol. 1, Eliot Kimber. Chapter 8 covers keys. Predates DITA 1.3
- DITA demo content collection project on GitHub
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