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DITA Conversion – Fact Sheet

DITA

What is it:

DITA (Darwin Information Typing Architecture) is an XML based international standard that was initially developed by IBM for technical documentation, is now publicly available and is being applied technical documentation in to many of industries.

DITA is particularly well suited to situations where there are multiple variants of a similar product and/or the documentation is produced in multiple languages. This is because DITA enables content reuse through modular reusable topics to a greater extent than previous standards.

DITA requires topic types (i.e., Task, Concept, Reference) to be defined prior to conversion.

DCL Capabilities:

Source data evaluation - is DITA for you?
DITA System Integration
Content Business Rules Development
Conversion of data & documents into DITA compliant XML
Development of DITA bookmap and glossentry wrappers
High volume bulk conversion

DCL Experience:

Completed multiple DITA conversions in the following industries:
- Life Sciences
- Manufacturing
- Oil & Gas
- Semiconductor
- Software
- Telecom
Authored chapters on 'Legacy Data Conversion' in Columbia Guide to Digital Publishing and in the 'XML Handbook' by Charles Goldfarb.

Differentiators:

In-depth experience with DITA
Capability to implement content reuse program to identify reusable data modules for process efficiency improvements.

Languages:

Experience with most foreign languages including Latin based and double-byte characters.
Experience with Unicode.

Process:

Two-phase process consisting of:

Project Engineering
1. Analysis of Source Materials
2. Creation of Business Rules (Conversion Specification)
3. Hand-Tagged Sample
4. Pilot Conversion
Production Conversion
1. Combination of automated conversion and manual processing
2. Multiple levels of Quality Assurance
3. 24 x 7 Web-based Tracking and Reporting

For More Info:

Data Conversion Laboratory, Inc.
http://www.dclab.com
(800) 321-2816 x267
e-mail DITA@dclab.com

Other References:

DITA: Topic Based Tagging Tips
http://www.dclab.com/dita_conversion_tips.asp
DITA Information - Part 1
http://www.dclab.com/dita_info.asp
DITA Conversions and Dynamic Personalized Content: Interview with Ann Rockley & Steve Manning (Part 1)
http://www.dclab.com/dita_xml_rockley.asp
DITA Conversions and Dynamic Personalized Content: Interview with Ann Rockley & Steve Manning (Part 2)
http://www.dclab.com/dita_xml_rockley2.asp
JoAnn Hackos on Moving Legacy Documentation into DITA: An Interview
http://www.dclab.com/legacy_to_dita_interview.asp

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Doc Train Life Sciences Indianapolis, IN, June 23-25, 2008. More…

Best Practices Santa Fe, NM, September 15-17, 2008. More…
XyUser Phoenix, AZ, September 22-24, 2008. More…
9th Annual Vasont Users' Group Meeting, Hershey, PA, October 6-8, 2008. More…

DITA/TECHCOMM 2008, Raleigh, NC, November 3-6 2008. More…

ATA e-Business Europe. Details TBA.

Documentation and Training West 2008 Vancouver, BC, May 6-9, 2008. More…

CMS/DITA Santa Clara, CA, April 7-9, 2008. More…

DIA Med Comm Orlando, FL, March 10-11, 2008. More…

DIA EDM Philadelphia, PA, February 5-7, 2008. More…

Gilbane Boston Conference Boston, MA, November 29, 2007. More…

The LavaCon Conference on Advanced Technical Communication and Project Management New Orleans, LA, October 27-30, 2007. More…

2007 ATA e-Business Forum Miami, Florida, Oct 17-19, 2007. More…

DITA 2007™-East, Raleigh, North Carolina, October 4-6, 2007. More…

2007 XyUser Group Fall Conference, Boston, MA, Sept 23-26, 2007. More…

Mark Logic 2007 User Conference, San Francisco, CA, May 15-17, 2007. More…

Content Management Strategies/DITA North America Conference 2007, Boston, MA, March 26-28, 2007. More…

DIA 18th Annual Workshop, San Diego, CA. March 4-7, 2007. More…

DIA 2007 EDM & CDM Conference, Philadelphia, PA, Feb 6 - 8, 2007. More…

DITA 2007 – West, San Jose, CA, February 5-7, 2007. More…

Framemaker 2006 Chautauqua, Austin, TX, Nov 8-10, 2006. More…

PTC/User World Event 2006, Grapevine, TX, June 4-6. More…

19th Annual DIA Conference Philadelphia, PA, February 7-9. More…

XyUser's Conference, San Diego, California, September 11-14. DCL's Don Bridges delivered a presentation on "Content Reuse" More…

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