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DITA Conversion – Fact Sheet
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DITA
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What is it:
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DITA (Darwin Information Typing Architecture) is an XML based international standard that was initially developed by IBM for technical documentation, is now publicly available and is being applied technical documentation in to many of industries.
DITA is particularly well suited to situations where there are multiple variants of a similar product and/or the documentation is produced in multiple languages. This is because DITA enables content reuse through modular reusable topics to a greater extent than previous standards.
DITA requires topic types (i.e., Task, Concept, Reference) to be defined prior to conversion.
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DCL Capabilities:
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Source data evaluation - is DITA for you?
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DITA System Integration
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Content Business Rules Development
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Conversion of data & documents into DITA compliant XML
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Development of DITA bookmap and glossentry wrappers
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High volume bulk conversion
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| DCL Experience:
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- Completed multiple DITA conversions in the following industries:
- Life Sciences
- Manufacturing
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Oil & Gas
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Semiconductor
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Software
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Telecom
- Authored chapters on 'Legacy Data Conversion' in
Columbia Guide to Digital Publishing and in the 'XML Handbook' by Charles Goldfarb.
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Differentiators:
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- In-depth experience with DITA
- Capability to implement content reuse program to identify reusable data modules for process efficiency improvements.
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Languages:
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Experience with most foreign languages including Latin based and double-byte characters.
- Experience with Unicode.
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Process:
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Two-phase process consisting of:
- Project Engineering
- Analysis of Source Materials
- Creation of Business Rules (Conversion Specification)
- Hand-Tagged Sample
- Pilot Conversion
- Production Conversion
- Combination of automated conversion and manual processing
- Multiple levels of Quality Assurance
- 24 x 7 Web-based Tracking and Reporting
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For More Info:
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Data Conversion Laboratory, Inc.
http://www.dclab.com
(800) 321-2816 x267
e-mail DITA@dclab.com
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Other References:
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- DITA: Topic Based Tagging Tips
http://www.dclab.com/dita_conversion_tips.asp
- DITA Information - Part 1
http://www.dclab.com/dita_info.asp
- DITA Conversions and Dynamic Personalized Content: Interview with Ann Rockley & Steve Manning (Part 1)
http://www.dclab.com/dita_xml_rockley.asp
- DITA Conversions and Dynamic Personalized Content: Interview with Ann Rockley & Steve Manning (Part 2)
http://www.dclab.com/dita_xml_rockley2.asp
- JoAnn Hackos on Moving Legacy Documentation into DITA: An Interview
http://www.dclab.com/legacy_to_dita_interview.asp
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