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Darwin Information Typing Architecture DITA
IBM Intro: http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-dita1
Oasis: http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=dita#overview
<h2>Definitions</h2> : *Topic* - The highest standard structure in DITA. Topics are not nested. (Example: A topic within a topic)
: *Section* - Used for internal organization of a Topic, these define or directly support the topic
: *Processing Context* - Any higher structure than a topic used to handle context. (*Examples:* Print-organizing structure or the helpset-like navigation)
: *Reuse* - Two Levels
:: * *Topic reuse or Course Grain Reuse* - Because of the non-nesting structure of topics, a topic can be reused in any topic-like context. :: * *Content reuse or Fine Grain Reuse* - Via a _conref_ attribute that can point to any other equivalent element in the same or any other topic.
: *[Specialization|http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-dita2/index.html]*. Allows any DITA element to be extended into a new element whose identifier gets added to the class attribute through its DTD. Therefore, a new element is always associated to its base, or to any element in its specialization sequence.
:: * *Topic specialization* - A way to extend the generic topic into new information types (or _infotypes_). (Example, a recipe, a material safety data sheet, and an encyclopedia article are all potential derivations from a common reference topic).
::: *NOTE* By default, DITA has three specialized topic types: _Concept_, _task_, and _reference_. :::: [ http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-dita2/basediag.gif ]
:: * *Domain specialization* - The element vocabulary within a topic (or set of infotyped topics) can be extended by introducing elements that reflect a particular information domain served by those topics. (Example a specialized domain, such as programming phrases, can be introduced by substitution anywhere that the root elements are allowed.
<h2>Articles</h2>
:[ 10 Lessons Learned Moving to DITA|http://thecontentwrangler.com/article/10_dita_lessons_learned/]
:[Lessons Learned Moving to DITA Article |http://thecontentwrangler.com/site/moving_to_dita_lessons_learned_from_mark_lewis_of_hyperwriters/]
:[Computer World Introduction Article|http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=285881&intsrc=article_pots_side]
<h2>Additional Info</h2>
:S1000D and DITA Working TC e-mail list *dita-s1000d-discuss-subscribe@lists.oasis-open.org*