How do you write DITA?

DITA: Hello World getting started tutorial

  1. Download OxygenXML.
  2. Create a folder on your computer where you can easily organize and access your files.
  3. Go to File > New.
  4. Expand the Framework > DITA > topic and choose Topic.
  5. In either the Author or Text view, create some content.
  6. Save the file and called it hello_world .

What is DITA documentation?

DITA XML is a form of structured content that is optimized to create, reuse, translate, and publish documentation quickly by using topics and maps. DITA XML is also a community maintained open standard.

What is a DITA element?

The element provides a top-level container for multiple topics when you create documents using the ditabase document type. The element lets you create any sequence of concept, task, and reference topics, and the ditabase document type lets you further nest these topic types inside each other.

Why is DITA used?

DITA allows to reuse content over and over again seamlessly, essentially eliminating any need to write the same thing more than once. The way it is done is through topics which are written once and can be added and deleted to any required end document.

What is DITA in technical writing?

The Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) specification defines a set of document types for authoring and organizing topic-oriented information, as well as a set of mechanisms for combining, extending, and constraining document types.

What are Dita attributes?

Attributes unique to DITA maps. DITA maps often encode structures that are specific to a particular medium or output, for example, Web pages or a PDF document. Attributes, such as @print and @toc, are designed to help processors interpret the DITA map for each kind of output.

What is DITA concept?

DITA includes three main topic types: Task, Concept, and Reference. Tasks are used to describe how to perform a procedure. Concepts present descriptive information so the reader can understand the background and context of a subject. Reference topics provide detailed facts, often in a table.

What are DITA principles?

What is work DITA?

DITAworks is an enterprise-grade DITA CMS (Content Management System) for authoring, managing and publishing DITA content. It is designed for enterprise content management of structured content and complex documentation or documentation arrays with a unified content reuse mechanism.

What is the difference between XML and DITA?

The real difference between DITA and DocBook-like XML applications is DITA’s focus on modularity, reuse, and interoperation, which results in a very different architecture as compared to more traditional XML applications for published documents.