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Exploring DITA: Is One Size Truly Fit for All in Technical Publishing?

This panel discussion from the 2007 Gilbane Conference delves into the versatility of DITA in technical publishing. Key speakers include Don Bridges, Roland Brooks, and Bob Doyle. They explore DITA's suitability for various applications, including reusable content for similar products, multilingual requirements, and its relationship with S1000D. The panelists discuss DITA not as a competitor to existing standards but as a complementary element. They also outline selection criteria for publishing standards and the importance of industry adoption, ease of use, and vendor support in choosing the right tools for technical documentation.

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Exploring DITA: Is One Size Truly Fit for All in Technical Publishing?

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  1. DITA: One Slide Fits All for Technical Publishing? November 29, 2007 Gilbane Boston Conference 2007

  2. Panelists • Don Bridges, Tech Docs Manager, Data Conversion Labs • Roland Brooks, Principal Software Engineer, Raytheon Company • Bob Doyle, Founder, DITA Users, President & CEO, skyBuilders

  3. DITA / S1000D and other fun stuff • Good Fits for DITA in Particular • Reusable Content (multiple similar ‘products’) • Multiple Languages • DITA and S1000D • "We are looking at DITA coming into this mix, not as a competing standard, but an integrated piece" Tim Tate, Director JTPC • Which way do I go • Look at your peers • Look at the comparative ROI models

  4. STANDARDS DITA S1000D DOCBOOK MIL-STD-40051 ATA iSpec 2200 SAE J2008 Dozens of organization-specific standards And then there’s XHTML SELECTION CRITERIA Customer requirements Marketability Industry adoption Vendor support Active governing body and user community Ease of use Framework or detailed Extensible or rigid Cost to implement Technical Publications Standards

  5. DITA: One Size Fits All? • OASIS – DITA at 1.1 • DITA User Communities • Authoring Tools – XMetaL, Arbortext, FrameMaker, oXygen, DITA Storm, Word* • DITA CMS - Astoria, XyEnterprise, PTC, XDocs • DITA Open Toolkit • Bookmaps (DocBook, DITABook) • ELearning in 1.2 • DITA News, DITA Users, DITA Infocenter

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