Otherwise, move the referenced file %1 into the input ditamap directory. Cross reference dita xml, match topics and ameliorate missing references. The author is tony self, a technical writer with 30 years experience, based in melbourne. The styletotag map enables an entirely or almostentirely configurationdriven transformation of styled word documents into ditabased xml, specialized or not. Google docs interview with jan benedictus of fontoxml as part of an ongoing effort to put a human face to those building and using. Dita open toolkit ditaot is an opensource publishing engine for xml content authored in the darwin information typing architecture. However, people often get confused about these three types. In the dita maps manager, click the apply transformation scenarios button. As dita becomes further entrenched as an ever more popular xml solution to topicbased authoring, a number of xml editors are available to assist content creators. Dtd this is an sgml data template document, which is a document that defines the structure of an sgml or xml file similar to an edd without the data on formatting. Maps can reference topics or other maps, and can contain a variety of content types and metadata. The darwin information typing architecture dita provides a way for documentation authors and architects to create collections of typed topics that can be easily assembled into various delivery contexts. A map can include relationship tables reltables that define hyperlinks between topics. The darwin information typing architecture dita specification defines a set of document types for authoring and organizing topicoriented information, as well as a set of mechanisms for combining, extending, and constraining document types.
This approach is friendlier than requiring an author to run a command line to kick off pdf generation, but the configuration process still requires you to modify the dita open toolkit. The recommended filename extension for a map file is. To specify the details about the book such as the book title, s, and so on. With the dita glossary specialization, dedicated elements are available to uniquely mark each. May 19, 2009 dita can become a tightrope where production people and system architects balance editorial people in a giveandtake performance for the benefit of the customer. The file %1 referenced by %2 is outside the scope of the input ditamap directory. Readwrite rules the readwrite rules describe how tags from a an sgmlxml file correspond to elements in an edd. The darwin information typing architecture or document information typing architecture dita is an xml data model for authoring and publishing. Dita specification the darwin information typing architecture dita specification defines both a a set of document types for authoring and organizing topicoriented information. Values specified on specific style mappings override the values on. More formally, dita is an open standard that describes the architecture for creating and managing information that separates the content from the formatting, allows for a more streamlined content creation process, and opens up the possibilities of introducing simpler. Notice how the structure of a element is similar to the. The folks at ditatoo have been running a survey asking people how they convert their legacy content over to dita. A dita map describes the relationships among a set of dita topics.
Nov 02, 2012 the folks at ditatoo have been running a survey asking people how they convert their legacy content over to dita. The dita map and mapgroup domain elements organize topics into hierarchies, groups, and relationships. Introduction to the darwin information typing architecture. Regular cals tables are the most commonly used and contains all of the features you would typically associate with a table simple tables cannot include a title and has more limited features properties tables are a threecolumn format that describes. The book is published by scriptorium press, a specialist publisher for the technical communication industry the author. The dita package includes xslt stylesheets that enable you, with a single command, to transform all the documents referenced by a map to html and build a table of contents that links to all of them. The future goal is to allow accessing any uri addressable resource, as long as core ditaot code or extension code can turn an uri into an input. Apr 23, 2020 cross reference dita xml, match topics and ameliorate missing references. The book the book is published by scriptorium press, a specialist publisher for the technical communication industry. Definition of dita maps dita maps are documents that organize topics and other resources into structured collections of information. Regular cals tables are the most commonly used and contains all of the features you would typically associate with a table. The bookmap specialization of ditamap supports standard book production for collections of dita topics. It features new elements for defining structured metadata as well as the. Dita maps have unique attributes that are designed to control the way that relationships are interpreted for different output purposes.
The dita map and map group elements organize topics into hierarchies, groups, and relationships. In particular, we need to assemble topics into a sequence, assigning a heading level to each topic. Dita can become a tightrope where production people and system architects balance editorial people in a giveandtake performance for the benefit of the customer. If you want to lower the severity level, please use the ant parameter ntrol, and set the value to warn or quiet. Look at dita, zamboanga del sur, region 9, philippines from different perspectives. The following image shows an example of the structure of a reference topic. Dita also introduces a new element, to record an alternate expanded surface form for glossary entries that contain abbreviations and acronyms. Best practices for authors, a book for technical communicators working within the darwin information typing architecture.
Tony selfs dita style guide book says the opposite on pp 179 180, i. This user guide is designed to provide its readers with a taskoriented approach to learning the darwin information typing architecture dita. Typically you store the ditaval file along with your maps, although it can reside anywhere that is accessible to your output. Rightclick the dita map title in the dita maps manager. Sep 28, 2005 the darwin information typing architecture dita is an xmlbased, endtoend architecture for authoring, producing, and delivering technical information. Our cool and knowledgeable professor bernard aschwanden he is an expert in dita. The docx2dita transform is driven by a configuration file, the styletotag map. This course builds on what you learned in the three prerequisite classes. While the toplevel elements in the reference and glossary topics will be new to you, many of these elements can contain elements. Darwin information typing architecture dita xml cover pages. For an alphabetic listing of all methods by name see index. Veterans health administration both participate on dita committees, and i personally helped migrate the product documentation for itt fluid technologies manufacturer of pumps and valves.
Dita darwin information typing architecture an oasis standard for defining online help and support information in xml. It is an open standard that is defined and maintained by the oasis dita technical committee the name derives from the following components. The publishing for dita workshop provides attendees with a handson walkthrough of the essential dita fundamentals, programming skills, and dita open toolkit configurations required to style and publish dita xml source. When rendering a map, processors may make use of these relationships, such as to create a table of contents toc, aggregate topics into a pdf document, or create links between topics in output. Introduction to dita a user guide to the darwin information. Oasis dita architectural specification commitee draft 01. Can now specify map and topic generation details on elements since these are usually the same for all instances of a given topic or map type. The darwin information typing architecture dita is an xmlbased, endtoend architecture for authoring, producing, and delivering technical information. Topic specialization is the process by which authors and architects can define topic types, while maintaining compatibility with existing style sheets, transforms, and processes.
The package also includes a stylesheet for merging all the documents referenced by a map into a single dita file. The topic references therefore are labeled according to the book components they point to, such as book title, front matter, chapter, and appendix. For example, you could create a document with danger notices in. Thats intended primarily to enable crossdeliverable linking by putting a key scope on the mapref but it also serves to simply establish that a given map is considered to be. This fourlesson course introduces you to the dita reference, glossary entry, and glossary group topic types. You need to modify genlist and debugfilter targets in preprocessing. Dita maps are documents that organize topics and other resources into structured collections of information.
The darwin information typing architecture dita specifies three basic topic types. The notices element references a topic containing special notice information. Bookmap allows you to produce dita topics as the content of a formally defined book. The element is a map specialization used to describe the relationships among a set of dita topics intended to be configured as a traditional book. The following sections describe the methods in each functional area of this module. From the structure of the survey questions itread more. Dita maps specify hierarchy and the relationships among the topics. The bookmap specialization of ditas standard dita map allows you to organize your dita topics into a collection that can be printed as a book or other paged layout. Agenda a story about migration to dita cross book links in legacy content dita introduces reuse, which breaks cross document linking dita 1. Best practices for authors, a book for technical communicators working within the darwin information typing architecture the book. Dita authoring tools, such as xmetal author and oxygen, provide a way to run the dita open toolkit from within the authoring environment.
Dita darwin information typing architecture is an xmlbased, endtoend architecture for authoring, producing, and deli vering information often called content as discrete, typed topics. In addition, dita maps share many metadata and linking attributes with dita topics. Nov, 2015 agenda a story about migration to dita cross book links in legacy content dita introduces reuse, which breaks cross document linking dita 1. This work book is not intended to be used for publishing, but facilitates the use of framemakers builtin book processing commands such as spell checking and searching at the book level. Dita is a worldwide standard for authoring and publishing, based on an xml data model. A map describes the relationships among a set of dita topics.
Brief definitions of map element attributes available in the edit properties window, including links to additional information in the oasis standard for dita 1. The notices element references a topic containing special notice information, for example, legal notices about supplementary s and trademarks associated with the book. The dita map and map group domain elements organize topics into hierarchies, groups, and relationships. The preliminary results are interesting if not terribly surprising. The following are some examples of relationships that can be described in a map. The flat physical map represents one of many map types available. Of course, dita has also figure, table and example elements. Mar 22, 2011 syeo, 2011 march 21 here is a revised set of rules based on the need to do two things. The styletotag map enables an entirely or almostentirely configurationdriven transformation of styled word documents into dita based xml, specialized or not.
The name of your ditaval file is up to you, although its a good idea to use a filename that indicates the files purpose. For details, see using keyspaces to manage dita key references 5 in the href box, enter the location of the topic to reference. Sep 27, 2010 dita has gained widespread adoption in the technical documentation world, in companies such as cisco, ibm of course, nokia, and oracle. I want to create a template for a dita map which will also include a. Ratified in 2005, dita uses a dtd schema that covers topic, concept, task and reference categories. A dita map is a container for topics used to transform a collection of content into a publication. In addition, dita maps share many metadata and linking. Through careful design of word templates it is possible to quickly configure the transformation to produce good xml documents. The file %1 referenced by %2 is outside the scope of the input dita map directory.
This architecture consists of a set of design principles for creating informationtyped modules at a topic level and for using that content in delivery modes such as online help and. After a brief overview of the dita framework, course lectures and exercises focus on the key pieces of a dita publishing. Check the cross references in a set of dita files and report the results. The principal objective in this public access knowledgebase is to promote and enable the use of. The cover pages is a comprehensive webaccessible reference collection supporting the sgmlxml family of meta markup language standards and their application. Otherwise, move the referenced file %1 into the input dita map directory. You can reuse the base vocabulary to define specializations and save the time it takes to create them. This document contains information relevant to darwin information typing architecture dita xml and is part of the cover pages resource. These models represent only the default document types distributed by oasis.
Depending on what you are looking for, these files are great for learning more about the practical aspects of using dita. Difference between task, concept, and reference topics in dita. The package also includes a stylesheet for merging all the documents referenced by a. To add a topic reference, select dita insert topic reference. Darwin information typing architecture dita is the best way to be smart about writing and publishing your business content. Used in conjunction with an international content standard such as the information mapping method, it offers many benefits. The dita community has pointed out the need for a native dita mechanism for producing books from dita topics. Dita has gained widespread adoption in the technical documentation world, in companies such as cisco, ibm of course, nokia, and oracle. Introduction to dita, the dita concept topic type, and the dita task topic type. The build workbook from map command creates a framemaker book file that contains all of the files referenced in the current dita map and all submaps. You can also edit the map using the main editing window. Customizing dita for adobe framemaker adobe help center.
Bookmaps consist of references to topics organized as book content. This architecture consists of a set of design principles for creating informationtyped modules at a topic level and for using that content in delivery modes such as online help and product support portals on the web. Overview of structured documents, sgml and xml in framemaker. The element references a list of amendments or updates to the book.
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