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Commercial Standards/DITA

Commercial Standards/DITA

To take advantage of the benefits of structured content, most organizations today
are adopting one of the XML standards that have been developed to make adoption easier.

Use of a standard speeds adoption, ensures a community of people who can work together and share ideas, and ensures the technologies are easier to deploy.

Commercial Standards/DITA

DITA (Darwin Information Typing Architecture) is a standard originally created by IBM and now maintained by OASIS, the organization for the advancement of structured information standards. DITA is seeing significant adoption in technical writing and engineering organizations, and in industries as diverse as High Tech, Consumer Electronics, Software, Medical Device, Life Sciences, Chip Manufacturing, Financial Services and Insurance.

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Why Structured Content
Why Structured Content

Structuring content eliminates the problem of writing and translating
the same information over and over again.
Business Benefits
Business Benefits

Businesses that structure content properly are realizing enormous cost savings, efficiency gains and business benefits.
Commercial Standards/DITA
Commercial Standards/DITA

To take advantage of the benefits of structured content, most organizations today
are adopting one of the XML standards that have been developed to make adoption easier.
Aerospace/Defense Standards
Aerospace/Defense Standards

Standards such as S1000D, MIL-SPEC and ATA iSpec 2200 are being used for civil and defense aviation documentation around the globle.
Custom XML Standards
Custom XML Standards

Before such XML standards were available, organizations had to develop their own XML standard called a “custom DTD.”
Where Do I Start
Where Do I Start

The adoption of structured authoring is an education process that involves people, process and technology changes.