My latest DITA article…
I attended STC Carolina’s April meeting, and so glad that I did. Kristen Eberlein, chair of the OASIS DITA Technical Committee spoke …
Task Topics: Step Introductions in DITA
Step Introductions in DITA To do step introductions, you’ll need either of these elements: <context> or <stepsection>. The <context> element is an …
The Simple Table in DITA
If you want to add a friendly little table to your XML document, then use <simpletable>. Use the <simpletable> element to create …
Task Topics and Their XML Elements
Task topics are the most important pieces of information in the whole document because they hold the information that users want most—instructions. …
Using Minimalist Writing Principles for Topic-based Writing
Minimalist writing is giving the least amount of essential information to your users—just enough for them to start and complete a goal. …
What does a task analysis entail?
The task analysis is imperative to the start of any structured authoring project. Without a task analysis, you can easily overlook important …
How is topic-based writing advantageous to tech writing teams?
You may be wondering why breaking up a huge manual project into smaller topic writing projects is advantageous to the writing process. …
What are the three topic types in DITA?
1. Task topic: one procedure 2. Concept topic: defines or tells how a process works 3. Reference topic: has one type of …
What is a topic in DITA?
The topic is the core working piece of DITA. Some people may call a topic an article. Like an article, it has …
What is DITA?
What is DITA? DITA stands for Darwin Information Typing Architecture. It’s an XML authoring methodology that uses minimalism and task-oriented topic writing …