PPT-DITA for eLearning Content Development

Brian Driscoll SoftAssist Inc Introduction What Is DITA DITA or Darwin Information Typing Architecture is a W3C standard for organizing content by concept topic and task First created by IBM DITA is now an opensource standard that has wide support across many different industries. by Tom . Rathkamp. thomas_rathkamp@yahoo.com. Agenda. What is DITA? . Why DITA? . Why NOT DITA?. DITA Basic Structure. Topics and Maps. DITA Transformations (output). DITA-Enabled Tools Summary. Raw DITA vs. DITA-enabled tools. The Structured Phase. Product Content Maturity Model Series. Agenda. Introductions. Product Content Maturity Model Overview. The Autodesk Story. SDL Trisoft. Our Presenters. Andrew J. Thomas. Director, Product Marketing. Session. . results. Content Reuse Benefits. DITA – Ways to Reuse Content. Content Reuse Candidates. Reusing DITA Maps. Reusing Topics. Reusing Pieces of Topics – Best Practices. CCMS Organization – How to accommodate reusable content. The Structured Phase. Product Content Maturity Model Series. Agenda. Introductions. Product Content Maturity Model Overview. The Autodesk Story. SDL Trisoft. Our Presenters. Andrew J. Thomas. Director, Product Marketing. Results. Topic Types Review. Format/Layout Separated from Content. DITA Concept Elements. Using DITA Concept Elements - Advanced. Common DITA Task Elements . Using DITA Task Elements - Advanced. Additional DITA Task Elements. Instructional Design Services. Objectives. Provide an overview of content development types. Conceptualize professional learning from an eLearning standpoint. Showcase previous ID work samples. Content Development Types. overview. DITA Key Concepts. Topic Overview. Topic Types. Common DITA Concept Elements. Concept Guidelines. Common DITA Task Elements. Common DITA Task Guidelines. Common DITA Reference Elements. Common DITA Reference Guidelines. The Structured Phase. Product Content Maturity Model Series. Agenda. Introductions. Product Content Maturity Model Overview. The Autodesk Story. SDL Trisoft. Our Presenters. Andrew J. Thomas. Director, Product Marketing. Why DITA?. Modularity. Information Typing. Semantic Tagging. Open Source. Reuse. What is DITA?. Why DITA. Modularity. Information Typing. Semantic Tagging. Open Source. Reuse. Modularity. Storing information in small self-contained modules/information structures. DITA Map Definition and Purpose. Power of DITA Maps. DITA Map Types. Bookmaps – Additional Information. DITA Maps Practice. DITA Maps Examples. Under the DITA Map Hood. DITA Maps Best Practices. DITA Sub-map Uses. ApriT 2008 TechnologyTriggeExpectationsTrough ofPlateau of Productivitytimevisibility veHypeNegativeHypeDon't Miau TechnologyTriggeExpectationsTrough of veHypeNegativeHypeDon't MiauSource: Gartner (Ju w orks in software documentation projects Software documentation has specific challenges which must be tackled by an effective documentation process. S oftware release cycle s have shortened due Case study: Flare vs. DITA Jayna Locke About me • Content Strategist and Tech Pubs Manager, Digi International • 3 decades as a communications professional in multiple roles: – Technical writ XML to PDFby RenderX XEP XSL-FO Formatter visit us at http//wwwrenderxcom/ContentsDynamic Rendering of DITA into XHTML32 OpenTopic TOCXML to PDFby RenderX XEP XSL-FO Formatter visit us at http//wwwr