Tag: dita-xml

7 articles tagged dita-xml.

• A document architecture that's too complex?

  DITA XML enables productivity gains by reducing the source volume that the technical writer creates, translates and maintains, at the cost of greater complexity.

• Case studies in using DITA XML

  Practical DITA XML solutions and tips developed through daily multilingual technical writing projects — structured authoring, topic reuse, conditional text, and publishing.

• Case study: NuFirewall documentation

  NuFirewall's documentation, praised by the press as a product strength, was built with DITA XML — a case study in structured authoring for software product documentation.

• DITA XML and XSL-FO tutorials

  DITA XML structured authoring tutorials and XSL-FO stylesheet guides: create topic-based documentation and apply professional layouts for PDF and print output.

• Formats and tools

  When industrializing technical writing, the format matters more than the tool. Compare Word, Markdown, reStructuredText, DITA XML, and DocBook to find the right fit.

• From document to modular document base

  DITA XML structured authoring moves documentation from monolithic books to a modular content base, enabling topic reuse, efficient translation, and multichannel output.

• Structured and unstructured formats

  Compare structured formats (DITA XML, DocBook) and unstructured formats (Word, PDF) for technical documentation: understand the trade-offs for reuse and translation.