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Key Concept Archive

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Extend Your DITA Reuse with Keys

A crucial benefit of moving to a structured authoring environment is the ability to easily reuse content. Text entities, file entities and now with the DITA standard there is also keys and keyrefs. This DITA key method allows a user…

DITA Output Doesn't Have to be Ugly

Traditionally, stylized DITA output has been clunky and code-editor driven. But it doesn't have to be that way. See how one tool is taking features from other user experiences and bringing them in to a world that has been neglected….

How to Reuse DITA Content

Reusing content is beneficial but complicated without knowing how and what to reuse. Join easyDITA to learn how to set up reuse strategies, tie in organizational goals, and employ best practices for your team. About the Visiting Dojo Master Gosia…

Arbortext: The First DITA Editing and Publishing System

The first mention of public DITA support for Arbortext dates back to a press release by Arbortext on April 20th, 2004. In less than a year (June 2005), DITA was first approved as an OASIS standard. But the earliest mention of…

How to Identify DITA Topic Types (like a Pro)

When you're new to DITA everything seems hard. Even choosing a topic type. New writers lean away from the specialized toward the generic. Teams get inconsistent structures for similar information across deliverables. In this session, Liz Fraley will show you…

Ki, Qi, Key: The Way of DITA Harmony With Keys and Key References

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…

DITA was developed on Arbortext

Extend Your DITA Reuse with Keys When it comes to DITA, PTC has a history of being first: PTC was the first to deliver a complete DITA solution. As the first vendor to support DITA at IBM, the first vendor…

Same mess, different tools – Liz Fraley on the Content Content Podcast

In her interview, Liz Fraley talks in detail about the history of structured authoring and how her opinions have changed over 17 years in the technical writing industry. Last month I had the opportunity to talk with Ed Marsh of…