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Index of XML standards
The world of XML is vast and growing, with a huge variety of standards and technologies that interact in complex ways. It can be difficult for beginners to navigate the most important aspects of XML, and for users to keep track of new entries and changes in the space. XML is a basic syntax upon which you develop local and global vocabularies. This index provides a detailed cross-reference of many XML standards, including links to additional coverage for each.
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19 Nov 2009 |
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Generate DITA Java API reference documentation using DITADoclet
and DITA API specialization
Combine DITADoclet and DITA API specialization to save time and still produce quality API documentation directly from the Java source code.
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03 Feb 2009 |
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Thinking XML: Enrich Schema definitions with SKOS
The things in schemata (people, places and things) are inextricably tied to how people describe them, and this is the key to alignment of business with technology. One of the most important things an XML schema designer can do is express this connection clearly. SKOS, a language well known as a component of DITA, is a very useful means for such expression. Learn how to enrich schema definitions with SKOS definitions.
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11 Nov 2008 |
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XML for publishing
Smoothly transition documents designed for print publishing to
XML. Discover how logical elements, attributes, and hierarchy make for easier print
(and PDF) publishing with the structure in XML.
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28 Oct 2008 |
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DITA topic specialization
Many resources are available to explain what Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) topic specialization is and the syntax to implement it, but you still might wonder "I have some content that might be a candidate for topic specialization. What's next?" In this tutorial, walk through a series of steps to evaluate your content's suitability for different DITA topic types, specialize one of those types, and test your specialization using the DITA Open Toolkit.
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26 Feb 2008 |
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Tip: Easy command line processing with the DITA Open Toolkit
The DITA Open Toolkit can transform your DITA files into a wide variety of
output types. When you first install it, it's easy to get the impression that you
need to know Ant well to use it, but you can pack most of its available options into
a single Java(TM) command line.
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08 Jan 2008 |
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Top ten XML articles and tutorials - March 2007
Explore the XML content that your fellow readers recently focused on.
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11 Apr 2007 |
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Top ten XML articles and tutorials - January 2007
Explore the XML content that your fellow readers recently focused on.
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14 Mar 2007 |
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Top ten XML articles and tutorials - February 2007
Explore the XML content that your fellow readers recently focused on.
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14 Mar 2007 |
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Transform Eclipse navigation files to DITA navigation files
A previous article described the basics for transforming Eclipse navigation files to Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) format. In August 2005, the OASIS DITA Toolkit 1.1 implemented a new way to integrate DITA navigation files. The new capability is called mapref and provides an alternative to using the navref element to integrate navigation files, as described in the previous article. This article compares the mapref and navref methods of integrating navigation files. You'll find the download archive for this article includes an updated XSLT stylesheet that exploits the mapref capability and offers other enhancements to the stylesheet from the earlier article.
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01 Aug 2006 |
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Implement a DITA publishing solution without abandoning your current publishing system investments
In with the old, in with the new. How did IBM move forward with Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) without investing in a completely new system? This article describes the solution that allowed us to begin working with the new, topic-oriented DITA architecture while continuing to take advantage of our existing, book-oriented SGML tools and content.
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20 Dec 2005 |
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Subject classification with DITA and SKOS
Use a DITA specialization to manage the subject matter of your document content -- that is, identify and process your content based on what each topic is about. With the approach outlined in this article, you can take advantage of the technologies of the Semantic Web for improved search, integration, and other processing. Instead of starting from scratch, however, you can build on standard topic-oriented strategies for authoring and processing content.
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18 Oct 2005 |
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Introduction to the Darwin Information Typing Architecture
The Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) is an XML-based, end-to-end architecture for authoring, producing, and delivering technical information. This architecture consists of a set of design principles for creating "information-typed" modules at a topic level and for using that content in delivery modes such as online help and product support portals on the Web. This document is a roadmap for DITA: what it is and how it applies to technical documentation.
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28 Sep 2005 |
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Design patterns for information architecture with DITA map domains
The Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) provides maps for assembling topics into deliverables. By specializing the map elements, you can define a formal information architecture for your deliverables. This architecture provides guidance to authors on how to organize topics and lets processes recognize your organizing principles, resulting in a consistent, clear experience for your users.
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28 Sep 2005 |
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Specializing domains in DITA
In current approaches, DTDs are static. As a result, DTD designers try to cover every contingency and, when this effort fails, users have to force their information to fit existing types. The Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) changes this situation by giving information architects and developers the power to extend a base DTD to cover their domains. This article shows you how to leverage the extensible DITA DTD to describe new domains of information.
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28 Sep 2005 |
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DITA Forum
Get answers to your questions in this DITA forum, hosted by Don Day and Michael Priestley, contributors to DITA and the papers that describe DITA and how to use it.
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28 Sep 2005 |
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Frequently Asked Questions about the Darwin Information Typing Architecture
DITA experts Don Day, Michael Priestley, and Gretchen Hargis address the topic architecture of DITA, tips and techniques, and general DITA questions.
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28 Sep 2005 |
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Specializing topic types in DITA
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. 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 new topic types are defined as an extension, or delta, relative to an existing topic type, thereby reducing the work necessary to define and maintain the new type.
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28 Sep 2005 |
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Why use DITA to produce HTML deliverables?
The Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) is an XML-based format for structuring and authoring technical content. This article explores advantages DITA provides for producing HTML content -- including easy global changes, portability through standards, superior linking and Web management, conditional processing, content and design reuse, and better writing through focused content. DITA consolidates all of the benefits in a consistent, overall information architecture that can evolve and grow along with your product information needs and delivery modes, and with the evolution of standard tools for delivering XML as the presentation mechanism.
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28 Sep 2005 |
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An XML-based information architecture for learning content, Part 2: A DITA content pilot
Find out how topic-based DITA XML can provide the basis for developing an information architecture for single-sourced XML learning content. Part 1 of this two-part series presented a set of extensions to DITA XML that provide the starting point for a unifying content model for learning. Here in Part 2, the authors test their assumptions against pilot content from a training course developed to support a component feature of IBM DB2 Query Monitor, and then report their findings and suggest important next steps.
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11 Aug 2005 |
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An XML-based information architecture for learning content, Part 1: A DITA specialization design
Can topic-based DITA XML provide the basis for developing an information architecture for single-sourced XML learning content? This article builds directly on the rich background about reusable content and e-learning delivery in the learning and training fields. Here in Part 1, the authors posit a set of extensions to DITA XML that provide the starting point for a unifying content model for learning. In Part 2, they test their assumptions against pilot content from a training course developed to support a component feature of IBM DB2 Query Monitor, and then report their findings and suggest important next steps.
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05 Aug 2005 |
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Transform Eclipse navigation files to DITA navigation files
For Eclipse help plug-in developers, navigation files (TOC files) represent a considerable investment of effort. If you decide to convert the source files for an Eclipse plug-in to Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) files, then you'll find tools to assist you with converting the HTML files, but the readily available tools do not support conversion of TOC files to DITA map files. This article provides an XSLT stylesheet for converting Eclipse TOC files to DITA map files.
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06 Apr 2005 |
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Migrating HTML to DITA, Part 2: Extend the migration for more robust results
The Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) holds many advantages over information authored directly in HTML, including better reuse, easily changed presentation styles, and easy single sourcing. In Part 2 of this two-part series on how to quickly migrate HTML topics to DITA, the author explains the details of migration, and shows you how to override parts of this process for ideal results.
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09 Feb 2005 |
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Migrating HTML to DITA, Part 1: Simple steps to move from HTML to DITA
The Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) has emerged as a standard topic-oriented document architecture. DITA holds many advantages over information authored directly in HTML, including better reuse, easily changed presentation styles, and easy single sourcing. This article, the first of two parts, explains how to get a quick start with DITA using HTML topics that are already available. It shows you how to use the provided XSLT transform to do the migration, and examines what is needed to ensure quality results.
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31 Jan 2005 |
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Validating XML
In the creation of a database, a data model and integrity constraints can create certainty in the structure and content of the data. But how do you enforce that kind of control when your data is just text in hand-editable files? Fortunately, validating files and documents can make sure that data fits constraints. In this tutorial, you will learn what validation is and how to check a document against a Document Type Definition (DTD) or XML Schema document.
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27 Aug 2003 |
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