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DITA – the Topic-Based XML Standard

Part of the SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology Book Series

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-28349-4

ISBN: 978-3-319-28348-7

Publisher: Springer International Publishing - Springer Journals

Mar 30, 2016

1 - 10 of 14 Chapters

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Chapter 1What Is DITA?

Closs, Sissi

Pages: 1 –5

[DITA is often compared to the Lego system. Just as you can use Lego bricks to build the most varied replicas of the real world such as houses, cars, and landscapes, you can use DITA topics to create any information products necessary. ]
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Chapter 2Basic Principle for DITA: Topic-Oriented Structuring

Closs, Sissi

Pages: 7 –9

[DITA builds on topic-oriented structuring. The basic idea of this structuring principle is the division of content into pieces known as topics with the aim of assembling and reusing them flexibly. This structuring principle has a long history and was used in classical book production for...
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Chapter 3Sample Class Concept

Closs, Sissi

Pages: 11 –14

[The development of an initial class concept is shown in the following using the coffee example. There often exists raw material that contains correct information but is neither meaningfully structured nor well formulated.]
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Chapter 4Implementation in DITA

Closs, Sissi

Pages: 15 –19

[For marking structures without making commitments to a particular layout or tool, XML languages have been used successfully for many years. DITA too is an XML language and it is specially equipped for marking topic structures in a suitable and display-neutral manner.]
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Chapter 5Assembling Topics

Closs, Sissi

Pages: 21 –22

[DITA provides several ways of assembling individual topics. You can nest topics or combine them in maps.]
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Chapter 6Defining Relations

Closs, Sissi

Pages: 23 –26

[You place topics in relation to each other so as to show interrelated and therefore interesting content for the user. The best-known relations in documentation are cross references, which relate content items to each other either within a document or between different documents. A cross...
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Chapter 7Reusing Contents by Embedding

Closs, Sissi

Pages: 27 –29

[A central aspect in a DITA-based documentation environment is the orientation to single sourcing and content reuse. You can reuse material from complete topics down to individual sentences.]
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Chapter 8Addressing

Closs, Sissi

Pages: 31 –33

[For referencing, DITA since Version 1.2 has supported not only direct but also indirect addressing. With direct addressing, you specify the destination with its actual address. But this results in considerable dependency. If the destination is renamed, moved, or deleted, the reference has to be...
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Chapter 9Variants

Closs, Sissi

Pages: 35 –38

[DITA provides very good options for setting up an efficient variant management, including if the sources are to be managed only in the file system and without a content management system. These include the options of combining different maps from the same topic pool, and using variables and...
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Chapter 10Collaboration Under Full Control

Closs, Sissi

Pages: 39 –39

[Successful collaboration is an important success factor in any environment, but it needs suitable rules so that it does not get out of control. Since Version 1.2, DITA has provided good support for successful collaboration.]

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