Tag Archives: DITA

From dmr to DITA (DocBook, too)

Posted on October 19, 2011 by rlhamilton

I was sorry to hear of the passing of Unix and C language pioneer Dennis Ritchie. I only met him a couple of times, but found him to be gracious and humble, despite being one of the smartest people I’ve … Continue reading →

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Does DITA Make You Dumb?

Posted on October 6, 2009 by rlhamilton

I had a twitter exchange a while back that got me thinking about DITA, structured writing, and the impact of tools on the perception of technical communicators.  The basic question was whether structured writing in general and DITA specifically are … Continue reading →

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Headed to DocTrain/DITA and STC Summit

Posted on April 16, 2009 by rlhamilton

I will be at both the Society for Technical Communication (STC) Summit in Atlanta next month (May 2-6) and DocTrain/DITA in Indianapolis (June 2-5). At the former, I will be talking about employee performance evaluation as part of a “Progression,” … Continue reading →

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Better Know a DITA

Posted on April 11, 2009 by rlhamilton

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 … Continue reading →

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Practical DITA

Posted on April 1, 2009 by rlhamilton

I just posted a review of Julio Vazquez’s new book, Practical DITA at XML Press. The short review is that if you are brand new to DITA, but understand at least a little bit about markup languages (basic HTML is … Continue reading →

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Article: Choosing an XML Schema

Posted on April 11, 2008 by rlhamilton

Scott Abel, who runs The Content Wrangler, a website that focuses on content management, has posted an article of mine titled, Choosing an XML Schema: Docbook or DITA. The article talks about how to choose the right XML schema for … Continue reading →

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Reuse Considered Harmful

Posted on July 31, 2007 by rlhamilton

A place for everything and everything in its place – Isabella Mary Beeton The Book of Household Management, 1861 For a number of years it has been a matter of faith that the more content a technical documentation team reuses, … Continue reading →

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