DITA Newsletter 1.6
"Bob Doyle" <[email protected]> Mon, 7 Jan 2008 14:07:42 -0500
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.cms.cms-forum.general |
|---|---|
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
--===============0524785141== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_27944_24448171.1199732862138" ------=_Part_27944_24448171.1199732862138 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline ** ** *DITA Newsletter Volume 1, Issue 6, January, 2008* * * * ------------------------------ * *Features in this issue * *(see the web version at ** www.ditanewsletter.com* <http://www.ditanewsletter.com/>*) * - DITA User Group Meetings <http://www.ditanewsletter.com/#meetings> - OT User Guide 1.4.1 Available<http://www.ditanewsletter.com/#userguide= > - Michael Priestley Online DITA Course<http://www.ditanewsletter.com/#priestley> - Eliot Kimber DITA Quick Start<http://www.ditanewsletter.com/#kimber> - Bluestream XDocs 1.1 <http://www.ditanewsletter.com/#xdocs> - DITA Exchange 1.9 <http://www.ditanewsletter.com/#exchange> - Mif2Go 50 <http://www.ditanewsletter.com/#mif2go> - DITA Users Memberships now Free<http://www.ditanewsletter.com/#ditause= rs> ------------------------------ *DITA User Group Meetings* ------------------------------ Boston DITA Users Group <http://dita.xml.org/boston> The next Boston DITA Users Group will be in February. *Monday February 10 6:30 (networking), 7:00 (presentation)*:. Eliot Kimber will present his "DITA Quick Start" Place: IBM Research Lab First Street Cambridge, MA Central Texas DITA Users Group <http://dita.xml.org/ctdug> *Wednesday January 23, 2007 7:00 - 9:00 pm Central CST*:. Ann Gentle of BMC will speak on "What does DITA have to do with Wiki? =97 P= art 1" During the September 2007 meeting, an ultra-condensed overview of topics discussed during the 2007 Best Practices Conference revealed an area of strong interest in the CTDUG community: is there a way to use Wikis to capture DITA content? Anne Gentle of www.justwriteclick.com fame is putting together a two-session deep-dive into this exciting area of expertise. Watc= h this space for more details! Research Triangle Park DITA Users Group<http://dita.xml.org/ug-boulder-denv= er> *Wednesday, January 23 at 5:30-6:30 PM* The RTP DUG is being revived. They will meet at Place: Systems Documentation, Inc. 1005 Slater Road, Suite 220 Durham, NC, 27703 Contact Kris Eberlein (keberlein at sdicorp.com) for more information. Silicon Valley DITA Interest Group <http://svdig.ditamap.com/> *Wednesday, January 9 at 7:00pm PST*: An introduction to the new DITA Troubleshooting specialization, presented b= y Carolyn Henry and Dan Dionne of IBM. ------------------------------ *Open Toolkit User Guide 1.4.1 Available* Anna van Raaphorst and Dick Johnson have completed the latest version of their OT User Guide. They have posted it (in PDF <http://www.vrcommunications.com/PDFs/ditaotug141-03122007-pdf.pdf>and CHM<http://www.vrcommunications.com/OtherFiles/ditaotug141-03122007-htmlhel= p.chm>) on their website VR Communications <http://www.vrcommunications.com/resources.htm>. The OT User Guide is a must read for those installing their own version of the Open Toolkit. ------------------------------ *Michael Priestley Online DITA Course* The online course will run from February 4 to March 21. It consists of pre-recorded lectures and demonstrations with assignments, workshops, and discussion, covering: - Background to DITA: XML, topic-based authoring, and the DITA standard - The DITA content types: concept, task, reference, and glossary - DITA maps: how to use maps to plan your information, organize your topics, and manage links and metadata for your deliverables, as part of = a task-oriented information architecture and process - DITA conditional processing and content reuse - DITA specialization: how to create new content types and maps using DITA's specialization architecture - Futures of DITA: explore the potential of DITA in Web 2.0, enterprise content strategy, lifecycle and cross-discipline integration Tuition is $553.50USD. For enrollment details, go to UC Extension in Silico= n Valley<http://www.ucsc-extension.edu/ucsc/search/publicCourseSearchDetails.= do;jsessionid=3D41346460A7414C69EC1A7019F56C62A0?method=3Dload&courseId=3D3= 663892>. ------------------------------ *Eliot Kimber Quick Start Tutorial* Presented at the XML 2007 conference in Boston. Recorded, encoded, and available at DITA Users Tutorials<http://www.ditausers.org/tutorials/basics/kimber/>. This tutorial provides a quick start introduction to the DITA specification with a focus on how to create and process DITA-based content as well as key DITA concepts including modular writing, re-use, linking using maps and relationship tables, and specialization. At the end of the class students will be prepared to evaluate the applicability of DITA to their own documentation and publishing requirements and start experimenting with the authoring and production of DITA-based content using any XML editor and the DITA Open Toolkit. Quicktime files are large, so they may take some time for progressive downloads to start playing. While watching the video, open the Powerpoint in a separate window to see the slides perfectly. You then can advance the slides when Eliot does, or navigate them separately. Download Powerpoint slides<http://media.skybuilders.com/DITA/kimber/QuickStart.ppt> *Powerpoint * - Presentation Part 1<http://media.skybuilders.com/DITA/kimber/part1.m4v>(20 minutes) - Presentation Part 2<http://media.skybuilders.com/DITA/kimber/part2.m4v>(12 minutes) *Demonstrations - Q&A* - Modular publishing with DITA - a Travel Guide (11 minutes)<http://media.skybuilders.com/DITA/kimber/demopt1.m4v><http://media= .skybuilders.com/DITA/kimber/demopt1.m4v> - DITA Maps with relationship tables, DTD catalog, Shell DTD, Publishing with OT (16 minutes)<http://media.skybuilders.com/DITA/kimber/demopt2.m4v><http://media= .skybuilders.com/DITA/kimber/demopt2.m4v> - Maps, files, name conventions, toolkit (7 minutes)<http://media.skybuilders.com/DITA/kimber/part3.m4v><http://media.s= kybuilders.com/DITA/kimber/part3.m4v> - When Concept, Task, Reference, Specialization, Adding a Topic (8 minutes) <http://media.skybuilders.com/DITA/kimber/part5.m4v> - DTDs for Specialization, Markup, Maps, Shell DTDs, Topics, Related Links(10 minutes) <http://media.skybuilders.com/DITA/kimber/part6.m4v> - Migrating legacy content, Tasks, References, Concepts, Relationship Tables (12 minutes)<http://media.skybuilders.com/DITA/kimber/part7.m4v> ------------------------------ *Bluestream XDocs at 1.1 release* Bluestream <http://www.bluestream.com/> announced the 1.1 version of their XDocs <http://www.bluestream.com/products/xdocs10> XML CMS. Gershon L Joseph, Director of Technology and Single Sourcing Tech-Tav Documentation Ltd., and Secretary, OASIS DITA Technical Committee, Secretary, OASIS DITA Translation Subcommittee, said, "We have thoroughly reviewed XDocs 1.1 and are very impressed with its maturity and stability. The team producing XDocs understands their target market and has fine-tuned their product to provide a powerful system that authors find intuitive and easy-to-use. We've found that publishing performance far exceeds that of most other CMS products. DITA support is truly built into the product, making XDocs a very serious out-of-the-box DITA CMS solution." ------------------------------ *DITA Exchange 1.9* DITA Exchange <http://www.dita-exchange.com/> announced th latest release o= f their solution, which implements the DITA standard on top of the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS) and is sold on a per seat per month basis as a SaaS solution or as an internal solution. DITA Exchange operates in a complete browser-based environment thereby lowering the entry barrier for SME's. Nobody needs to understand XML or DIT= A to write meaningful DITA content in DITA Exchange. The average training required is 4-8 hours depending on the type of user. ------------------------------ *Mif2Go revision 50* Omni Systems <http://www.omsys.com/> announced that Mif2Go<http://www.omsys.com/dcl/mif2go_main.htm>is at revision 50. Mif2Go was praised on the dita-users mailing list<http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/dita-users/message/8541>for converting legacy documents. Labeling headings with "concept", "task" is not necessary if you use MIF2Go to convert unstructured FM content to DITA: MIF2Go can determine the correct infotype automatically, based on the style= s used in the "body" section of the topic. For example, if you have a Heading= 2 followed by steps, MIF2Go will convert this to a task topic. Pretty nifty! (Yves Barbion) ------------------------------ *DITA Users Memberships Now Free* The DITA Users <http://www.ditausers.org/> international membership organization now provides basic online DITA editing and a personal workspac= e folder for free. The full $100/year membership will include the choice of the leading book o= n DITA or a desktop DITA Editor to complement the web-based DITA Storm<http://www.ditastorm.com/>editor. The book (a $50 value) is JoAnn Hackos' *Introduction to DITA* - either the original edition by Kylene Bruski and Jennifer Linton or the new Arbortext Edition. The desktop editor is the $48 Academic Edition of the *<oXygen/> XML Edito= r * <http://www.oxygenxml.com/>, now at version 9 with full DITA support. Desktop editors communicate with web servers via FTP or WebDAV (distributed authoring and versioning). DITA Users can now WebDAV enable individual members' workspace folders. Most DITA authoring tools offer WebDAV, some as a premium only available in their Enterprise Editions (for example, Syntext Serna and XMLmind). DITA Users still offers a $50 discount membership without the book or desktop editor. Benefits include a WebDAV enabled folder and discounts on major DITA conferences. Anyone with a WebDAV-enabled DITA authoring tool can use it on their DITA Users document sets. These include two docsets from IBM and the docset from Comtech Services in the *Introduction to DITA* book. They can also create their own projects. Practically speaking, anyone already invested in an advanced DITA authoring tool may be beyond the need for the *"DITA from A to B"* learning offered b= y DITA Users. But the new access method may make online training valuable for small tech pub groups who can now use their familiar tools (like Arbortext Editor or XMetaL Author) on the DITA Users website, as well as use innovative tools like the web-based DITA Storm, while their teams get started with DITA. In any case, DITA Users member fees underwrite our network of DITA support websites, including this newsletter. So please consider joining today <http://www.ditausers.org/membership/how_to_join/>. ------------------------------ *About DITA Newsletter* DITA Newsletter is published by DITA News, one of a network of websites in support of DITA. It is available online at www.ditanewsletter.com . Each of our websites is optimized for some community-oriented function. *DITA Users* - helping members get started with topic-based authoring using a web-based editor (DITA Storm <http://www.ditastorm.com/>), the Open Toolkit on the server, a personal workspace folder on the web with three starter DITA docsets, and a private member directory to locate other DITA Users. ditausers.org <http://www.ditausers.org/> *DITA Infocenter* - the DITA architectural and language specifications, and the Open Toolkit User Guide, in an Eclipse Help format. ditainfocenter.com <http://www.ditainfocenter.com/> *DITA News* - a blog aggregator, a mailing list, and this newsletter on DITA. ditanews.com <http://www.ditanews.com/> *DITA Blog* - a group blog for DITA information developers (based on WordPress). ditablog.com <http://www.ditablog.com/> *DITA Wiki* - over 600 pages of resources in a format that encourages comments and discussions (based on MediaWiki). ditawiki.org <http://www.ditawiki.org/> Please consider joining DITA Users<http://www.ditausers.org/membership/how_to_join/>today. Membership is $100USD/year and includes your choice of either: *Introduction to DITA *by JoAnn Hackos or an Academic License to the *<oXyg= en/> XML Editor*, with WebDAV access to your workspace folder on DITA Users. Your membership fee supports our network of websites, including this newsletter. Discounts on DITA conferences and workshops more than offset your annual membership fee http://www.ditausers.org/membership/how_to_join/ --=20 Bob Doyle Editor In Chief, CMS Review - http://www.cmsreview.com Founder, DITA Users - http://www.ditausers.org Former Technology Advisor, CM Pros - http://www.cmprofessionals.org/membership/cm-profiles/bob-doyle Contributing Editor, EContent Magazine - http://www.econtentmag.com/Articles/ArticleIndex.aspx?ContextSubtypeID=3D71 President and CEO, skyBuilders - http://www.skybuilders.com 77 Huron Avenue Cambridge, MA 02138 Tel: +1 617-876-5676 Skype:bobdoyle ------=_Part_27944_24448171.1199732862138 Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline <table width=3D"100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td align=3D"left"> <div><strong><font size=3D"4"></font></strong><img src=3D"http://www.ditane= ws.com/images/DITANewsletter550.gif" border=3D"0"> </div> <div><strong><font size=3D"4"></font></strong> </div> <div><strong><font size=3D"4">DITA Newsletter = Volume 1, Issue 6, January, 2008</font></strong></div></td> <td align=3D"right"> <div><font size=3D"4"><strong> </strong></font></div></td></tr></tbody= ></table><strong> <hr align=3D"left" width=3D"50%"> </strong> <table width=3D"100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td align=3D"left"><strong>Features in this issue &n= bsp; </strong></td> <td align=3D"right"><strong>(see the web version at </strong><a onclick=3D"= return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href=3D"http://www.ditanewsle= tter.com/" target=3D"_blank"><font color=3D"#810081"><strong>www.ditanewsle= tter.com </strong></font></a><strong>) </strong></td></tr></tbody></table> <ul> <li><a onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href=3D"htt= p://www.ditanewsletter.com/#meetings" target=3D"_blank">DITA User Group Mee= tings</a> </li> <li><a onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href=3D"htt= p://www.ditanewsletter.com/#userguide" target=3D"_blank">OT User Guide 1.4.= 1 Available</a> </li> <li><a onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href=3D"htt= p://www.ditanewsletter.com/#priestley" target=3D"_blank">Michael Priestley = Online DITA Course</a> </li> <li><a onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href=3D"htt= p://www.ditanewsletter.com/#kimber" target=3D"_blank">Eliot Kimber DITA Qui= ck Start</a> </li> <li><a onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href=3D"htt= p://www.ditanewsletter.com/#xdocs" target=3D"_blank">Bluestream XDocs 1.1</= a> </li> <li><a onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href=3D"htt= p://www.ditanewsletter.com/#exchange" target=3D"_blank">DITA Exchange 1.9</= a> </li> <li><a onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href=3D"htt= p://www.ditanewsletter.com/#mif2go" target=3D"_blank">Mif2Go 50</a> </li> <li><a onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href=3D"htt= p://www.ditanewsletter.com/#ditausers" target=3D"_blank">DITA Users Members= hips now Free</a> </li></ul><a name=3D"117558d0e9d069df_meetings"></a> <hr> <p><strong>DITA User Group Meetings</strong></p> <p></p> <hr align=3D"left" width=3D"50%"> <p><a onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href=3D"http= ://dita.xml.org/boston" target=3D"_blank">Boston DITA Users Group</a> </p> <p>The next Boston DITA Users Group will be in February. </p> <p><i>Monday February 10 6:30 (networking), 7:00 (presentation)</i>:. <br>E= liot Kimber will present his "DITA Quick Start" </p> <blockquote><br>Place: IBM Research Lab <br>First Street <br>Cambridge, MA = </blockquote> <p><a onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href=3D"http= ://dita.xml.org/ctdug" target=3D"_blank">Central Texas DITA Users Group</a>= </p> <p><i>Wednesday January 23, 2007 7:00 - 9:00 pm Central CST</i>:. <br>Ann G= entle of BMC will speak on "What does DITA have to do with Wiki? =97 P= art 1" </p> <p>During the September 2007 meeting, an ultra-condensed overview of topics= discussed during the 2007 Best Practices Conference revealed an area of st= rong interest in the CTDUG community: is there a way to use Wikis to captur= e DITA content? Anne Gentle of=20 <a onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href=3D"http://= www.justwriteclick.com/" target=3D"_blank">www.justwriteclick.com</a> fame = is putting together a two-session deep-dive into this exciting area of expe= rtise. Watch this space for more details!=20 </p> <p><a onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href=3D"http= ://dita.xml.org/ug-boulder-denver" target=3D"_blank">Research Triangle Park= DITA Users Group</a> </p> <p><i>Wednesday, January 23 at 5:30-6:30 PM</i> </p> <p>The RTP DUG is being revived. They will meet at </p> <blockquote><br>Place: Systems Documentation, Inc. <br>1005 Slater Road, Su= ite 220 <br>Durham, NC, 27703 </blockquote> <p>Contact Kris Eberlein (keberlein at <a onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtL= ink(window,event,this)" href=3D"http://sdicorp.com/" target=3D"_blank">sdic= orp.com</a>) for more information. </p> <p><a onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href=3D"http= ://svdig.ditamap.com/" target=3D"_blank">Silicon Valley DITA Interest Group= </a> </p> <p><i>Wednesday, January 9 at 7:00pm PST</i>: <br></p> <p>An introduction to the new DITA Troubleshooting specialization, presente= d by Carolyn Henry and Dan Dionne of IBM. </p><a name=3D"117558d0e9d069df_u= serguide"></a> <hr> <p><strong>Open Toolkit User Guide 1.4.1 Available</strong></p> <p>Anna van Raaphorst and Dick Johnson have completed the latest version of= their OT User Guide. They have posted it (in <a onclick=3D"return top.js.O= penExtLink(window,event,this)" href=3D"http://www.vrcommunications.com/PDFs= /ditaotug141-03122007-pdf.pdf" target=3D"_blank"> <font color=3D"#810081">PDF </font></a>and <a onclick=3D"return top.js.Open= ExtLink(window,event,this)" href=3D"http://www.vrcommunications.com/OtherFi= les/ditaotug141-03122007-htmlhelp.chm" target=3D"_blank">CHM</a>) on their = website=20 <a onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href=3D"http://= www.vrcommunications.com/resources.htm" target=3D"_blank"><font color=3D"#8= 10081">VR Communications </font></a>. </p> <p>The OT User Guide is a must read for those installing their own version = of the Open Toolkit. </p><a name=3D"117558d0e9d069df_priestley"></a> <hr> <p><strong>Michael Priestley Online DITA Course</strong></p> <p>The online course will run from February 4 to March 21. It consists of p= re-recorded lectures and demonstrations with assignments, workshops, and di= scussion, covering: </p> <ul> <li>Background to DITA: XML, topic-based authoring, and the DITA standard <= /li> <li>The DITA content types: concept, task, reference, and glossary</li> <li>DITA maps: how to use maps to plan your information, organize your topi= cs, and manage links and metadata for your deliverables, as part of a task-= oriented information architecture and process </li> <li>DITA conditional processing and content reuse</li> <li>DITA specialization: how to create new content types and maps using DIT= A's specialization architecture </li> <li>Futures of DITA: explore the potential of DITA in Web 2.0, enterprise c= ontent strategy, lifecycle and cross-discipline integration</li></ul> <p>Tuition is $553.50USD. For enrollment details, go to <a onclick=3D"retur= n top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href=3D"http://www.ucsc-extension.= edu/ucsc/search/publicCourseSearchDetails.do;jsessionid=3D41346460A7414C69E= C1A7019F56C62A0?method=3Dload&courseId=3D3663892" target=3D"_blank"> <font color=3D"#810081">UC Extension in Silicon Valley</font></a>. </p><a n= ame=3D"117558d0e9d069df_kimber"></a> <hr> <p><strong>Eliot Kimber Quick Start Tutorial</strong></p> <p>Presented at the XML 2007 conference in Boston. Recorded, encoded, and a= vailable at <a onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" hre= f=3D"http://www.ditausers.org/tutorials/basics/kimber/" target=3D"_blank">D= ITA Users Tutorials </a>. </p> <p>This tutorial provides a quick start introduction to the DITA specificat= ion with a focus on how to create and process DITA-based content as well as= key DITA concepts including modular writing, re-use, linking using maps an= d relationship tables, and specialization. At the end of the class students= will be prepared to evaluate the applicability of DITA to their own docume= ntation and publishing requirements and start experimenting with the author= ing and production of DITA-based content using any XML editor and the DITA = Open Toolkit.=20 </p> <blockquote> <p>Quicktime files are large, so they may take some time for progressive do= wnloads to start playing. </p> <p>While watching the video, open the Powerpoint in a separate window to se= e the slides perfectly. You then can advance the slides when Eliot does, or= navigate them separately. </p></blockquote> <p><a onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href=3D"http= ://media.skybuilders.com/DITA/kimber/QuickStart.ppt" target=3D"_blank">Down= load Powerpoint slides</a> </p><strong>Powerpoint </strong> <ul> <li><a onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href=3D"htt= p://media.skybuilders.com/DITA/kimber/part1.m4v" target=3D"_blank">Presenta= tion Part 1</a> (20 minutes)</li> <li><a onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href=3D"htt= p://media.skybuilders.com/DITA/kimber/part2.m4v" target=3D"_blank">Presenta= tion Part 2</a> (12 minutes)</li></ul><strong>Demonstrations - Q&A</str= ong> =20 <ul> <li><a onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href=3D"htt= p://media.skybuilders.com/DITA/kimber/demopt1.m4v" target=3D"_blank">Modula= r publishing with DITA - a Travel Guide (11 minutes)</a></li><a onclick=3D"= return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href=3D"http://media.skybuild= ers.com/DITA/kimber/demopt1.m4v" target=3D"_blank"> </a> <li><a onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href=3D"htt= p://media.skybuilders.com/DITA/kimber/demopt2.m4v" target=3D"_blank">DITA M= aps with relationship tables, DTD catalog, Shell DTD, Publishing with OT (1= 6 minutes) </a></li><a onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href= =3D"http://media.skybuilders.com/DITA/kimber/demopt2.m4v" target=3D"_blank"= ></a> <li><a onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href=3D"htt= p://media.skybuilders.com/DITA/kimber/part3.m4v" target=3D"_blank">Maps, fi= les, name conventions, toolkit (7 minutes)</a></li><a onclick=3D"return top= .js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href=3D"http://media.skybuilders.com/DI= TA/kimber/part3.m4v" target=3D"_blank"> </a> <li><a onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href=3D"htt= p://media.skybuilders.com/DITA/kimber/part5.m4v" target=3D"_blank">When Con= cept, Task, Reference, Specialization, Adding a Topic (8 minutes)</a></li> <li><a onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href=3D"htt= p://media.skybuilders.com/DITA/kimber/part6.m4v" target=3D"_blank">DTDs for= Specialization, Markup, Maps, Shell DTDs, Topics, Related Links(10 minutes= ) </a></li> <li><a onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href=3D"htt= p://media.skybuilders.com/DITA/kimber/part7.m4v" target=3D"_blank">Migratin= g legacy content, Tasks, References, Concepts, Relationship Tables (12 minu= tes) </a></li></ul><a name=3D"117558d0e9d069df_xdocs"></a> <hr> <p><strong>Bluestream XDocs at 1.1 release</strong></p> <p><a onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href=3D"http= ://www.bluestream.com/" target=3D"_blank">Bluestream</a> announced the 1.1 = version of their <a onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)= " href=3D"http://www.bluestream.com/products/xdocs10" target=3D"_blank"> XDocs</a> XML CMS. </p> <p>Gershon L Joseph, Director of Technology and Single Sourcing Tech-Tav Do= cumentation Ltd., and Secretary, OASIS DITA Technical Committee, Secretary,= OASIS DITA Translation Subcommittee, said, "We have thoroughly review= ed XDocs=20 1.1 and are very impressed with its maturity and stability. The team produc= ing XDocs understands their target market and has fine-tuned their product = to provide a powerful system that authors find intuitive and easy-to-use. W= e've found that publishing performance far exceeds that of most other C= MS products. DITA support is truly built into the product, making XDocs a v= ery serious out-of-the-box DITA CMS solution."=20 </p><a name=3D"117558d0e9d069df_exchange"></a> <hr> <p><strong>DITA Exchange 1.9</strong></p> <p><a onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href=3D"http= ://www.dita-exchange.com/" target=3D"_blank">DITA Exchange</a> announced th= latest release of their solution, which implements the DITA standard on to= p of the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS) and is sold on a pe= r seat per month basis as a SaaS solution or as an internal solution.=20 </p> <p>DITA Exchange operates in a complete browser-based environment thereby l= owering the entry barrier for SME's. Nobody needs to understand XML or = DITA to write meaningful DITA content in DITA Exchange. The average trainin= g required is 4-8 hours depending on the type of user.=20 </p> <p></p><a name=3D"117558d0e9d069df_mif2go"></a> <hr> <p><strong>Mif2Go revision 50</strong></p> <p><a onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href=3D"http= ://www.omsys.com/" target=3D"_blank">Omni Systems</a> announced that <a onc= lick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href=3D"http://www.om= sys.com/dcl/mif2go_main.htm" target=3D"_blank"> Mif2Go</a> is at revision 50. </p> <p>Mif2Go was praised on the <a onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window= ,event,this)" href=3D"http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/dita-users/message= /8541" target=3D"_blank">dita-users mailing list</a> for converting legacy = documents. Labeling headings with "concept", "task" is = not necessary if you use MIF2Go to convert unstructured FM content to DITA:= MIF2Go can determine the correct infotype automatically, based on the styl= es used in the "body" section of the topic. For example, if you h= ave a Heading2 followed by steps, MIF2Go will convert this to a task topic.= Pretty nifty! (Yves Barbion)=20 </p><a name=3D"117558d0e9d069df_ditausers"></a> <hr> <p><strong>DITA Users Memberships Now Free</strong></p> <p>The <a onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href=3D"= http://www.ditausers.org/" target=3D"_blank"><font color=3D"#810081">DITA U= sers</font></a> international membership organization now provides basic on= line DITA editing and a personal workspace folder for free.=20 </p> <p>The full $100/year membership will include the choice of the leading boo= k on DITA or a desktop DITA Editor to complement the web-based <a onclick= =3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href=3D"http://www.ditast= orm.com/" target=3D"_blank"> DITA Storm</a> editor. </p> <p>The book (a $50 value) is JoAnn Hackos' <i>Introduction to DITA</i> = - either the original edition by Kylene Bruski and Jennifer Linton or the n= ew Arbortext Edition. </p> <p><img hspace=3D"8" src=3D"http://www.ditanews.com/images/IntroDITAArborte= xt.gif" align=3D"right" vspace=3D"4"> </p> <p>The desktop editor is the $48 Academic Edition of the <a onclick=3D"retu= rn top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href=3D"http://www.oxygenxml.com/= " target=3D"_blank"><i><oXygen/> XML Editor</i></a>, now at version 9= with full DITA support.=20 </p> <p>Desktop editors communicate with web servers via FTP or WebDAV (distribu= ted authoring and versioning). DITA Users can now WebDAV enable individual = members' workspace folders. </p> <p>Most DITA authoring tools offer WebDAV, some as a premium only available= in their Enterprise Editions (for example, Syntext Serna and XMLmind). </p= > <p>DITA Users still offers a $50 discount membership without the book or de= sktop editor. Benefits include a WebDAV enabled folder and discounts on maj= or DITA conferences. </p> <p>Anyone with a WebDAV-enabled DITA authoring tool can use it on their DIT= A Users document sets. These include two docsets from IBM and the docset fr= om Comtech Services in the <i>Introduction to DITA</i> book. They can also = create their own projects.=20 </p> <p>Practically speaking, anyone already invested in an advanced DITA author= ing tool may be beyond the need for the <b>"DITA from A to B"</b>= learning offered by DITA Users. But the new access method may make online = training valuable for small tech pub groups who can now use their familiar = tools (like Arbortext Editor or XMetaL Author) on the DITA Users website, a= s well as use innovative tools like the web-based DITA Storm, while their t= eams get started with DITA.=20 </p> <p>In any case, DITA Users member fees underwrite our network of DITA suppo= rt websites, including this newsletter. So please consider <a onclick=3D"re= turn top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href=3D"http://www.ditausers.or= g/membership/how_to_join/" target=3D"_blank"> <font color=3D"#810081">joining today </font></a>. </p> <hr> <p><strong>About DITA Newsletter</strong></p> <p>DITA Newsletter is published by DITA News, one of a network of websites = in support of DITA. It is available online at <a onclick=3D"return top.js.O= penExtLink(window,event,this)" href=3D"http://www.ditanewsletter.com/" targ= et=3D"_blank"> <font color=3D"#810081">www.ditanewsletter.com </font></a>.</p> <p></p> <p>Each of our websites is optimized for some community-oriented function.<= /p> <p></p> <p><b>DITA Users</b> - helping members get started with topic-based authori= ng using a web-based editor (<a onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window= ,event,this)" href=3D"http://www.ditastorm.com/" target=3D"_blank">DITA Sto= rm </a>), the Open Toolkit on the server, a personal workspace folder on the w= eb with three starter DITA docsets, and a private member directory to locat= e other DITA Users. <br><a onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,even= t,this)" href=3D"http://www.ditausers.org/" target=3D"_blank"> <font color=3D"#810081">ditausers.org </font></a></p> <p><b>DITA Infocenter</b> - the DITA architectural and language specificati= ons, and the Open Toolkit User Guide, in an Eclipse Help format. <br><a onc= lick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href=3D"http://www.di= tainfocenter.com/" target=3D"_blank"> ditainfocenter.com </a></p> <p><b>DITA News</b> - a blog aggregator, a mailing list, and this newslette= r on DITA. <br><a onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" = href=3D"http://www.ditanews.com/" target=3D"_blank"><font color=3D"#810081"= >ditanews.com=20 </font></a></p> <p><b>DITA Blog</b> - a group blog for DITA information developers (based o= n WordPress). <br><a onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this= )" href=3D"http://www.ditablog.com/" target=3D"_blank">ditablog.com</a> </p= > <p><b>DITA Wiki</b> - over 600 pages of resources in a format that encourag= es comments and discussions (based on MediaWiki). <br><a onclick=3D"return = top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href=3D"http://www.ditawiki.org/" ta= rget=3D"_blank"> <font color=3D"#810081">ditawiki.org</font> </a></p> <p>Please consider joining <a onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,e= vent,this)" href=3D"http://www.ditausers.org/membership/how_to_join/" targe= t=3D"_blank"><font color=3D"#810081">DITA Users</font></a> today. Membershi= p is $100USD/year and includes your choice of either:=20 <i>Introduction to DITA </i>by JoAnn Hackos or an Academic License to the <= i><oXygen/> XML Editor</i>, with WebDAV access to your workspace fold= er on DITA Users.</p> <p>Your membership fee supports our network of websites, including this new= sletter. Discounts on DITA conferences and workshops more than offset your = annual membership fee </p> <p><a onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href=3D"http= ://www.ditausers.org/membership/how_to_join/" target=3D"_blank"><font color= =3D"#810081">http://www.ditausers.org/membership/how_to_join/</font></a></p= ><br clear=3D"all"> <br>-- <br>Bob Doyle<br>Editor In Chief, CMS Review - <a href=3D"http://www= .cmsreview.com">http://www.cmsreview.com</a><br>Founder, DITA Users - <a hr= ef=3D"http://www.ditausers.org">http://www.ditausers.org</a><br>Former Tech= nology Advisor, CM Pros -=20 <a href=3D"http://www.cmprofessionals.org/membership/cm-profiles/bob-doyle"= >http://www.cmprofessionals.org/membership/cm-profiles/bob-doyle</a><br>Con= tributing Editor, EContent Magazine -<br><a href=3D"http://www.econtentmag.= com/Articles/ArticleIndex.aspx?ContextSubtypeID=3D71"> http://www.econtentmag.com/Articles/ArticleIndex.aspx?ContextSubtypeID=3D71= </a><br>President and CEO, skyBuilders - <a href=3D"http://www.skybuilders.= com">http://www.skybuilders.com</a><br>77 Huron Avenue<br>Cambridge, MA 021= 38 <br>Tel: +1 617-876-5676 Skype:bobdoyle=20 ------=_Part_27944_24448171.1199732862138-- --===============0524785141== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline