Contents
A comprehensive guide to understanding and adopting structured authoring and DITA within your organization, highlighting the benefits such as improved content reuse, consistency, and efficient multichannel publishing.
Implementing DITA (Darwin Information Typing Architecture) and structured authoring represents a strategic move towards more efficient and effective content management. This session will provide a comprehensive overview of the structured authoring process, focusing on the adoption of DITA—an XML-based standard for designing, writing, managing, and publishing content. We'll discuss the key benefits of this approach, such as enhanced content reuse, improved consistency across documentation, and streamlined localization processes. Attendees will gain insights into the best practices for implementing DITA and structured authoring within their organizations, including tool selection, team training, and workflow design, to achieve greater content agility and operational efficiency.
Takeaways
- The basics and benefits of structured authoring and DITA.
- Key considerations for implementing structured authoring and DITA
- Best practices for tool selection, team training, and workflow
- Strategies for overcoming common challenges
Prior knowledge
No real prior knowledge required. This session will give writing professionals an explanation of the core concepts, and reinforce more experienced writers' prior knowledge