Managing Writers » XML Press http://managingwriters.com A Real World Guide to Managing Technical Documentation Fri, 13 Aug 2010 01:08:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Better Know a DITA http://managingwriters.com/2009/04/11/better-know-a-dita/ http://managingwriters.com/2009/04/11/better-know-a-dita/#comments Sun, 12 Apr 2009 04:05:04 +0000 http://managingwriters.com/?p=85 Continue reading →]]> As a long time DocBook user and advocate, it seemed to me that it was time to learn more about DITA. To that end, I have started two activities on the XML Press website. The first is an ongoing series of articles titled, A DITA Adventure, which follows my attempt to set up and use the DITA Open Toolkit. So far, I have downloaded, installed, and run a rudimentary test. Next up will be to try and generate some different types of output.

I’ve also posted a DITA Information Needs Survey, which is looking for input on what information people are looking for to help them use DITA. XML Press will use the results of that survey to help plan a series of DITA-related publications.

As a thank you to participants, XML Press will send the results of the survey to all participants who choose to leave their email address and will select one participant at random to receive his or her choice of a free copy of my book, Managing Writers: A Real World Guide to Managing Technical Documentation, or XML Press’s first DITA publication (which this survey will help determine).

The survey will be open until May 15.

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