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Why Go DITA

Why Go DITA

There are a number of global business pressures that are mainstreaming and speeding up the adoption of DITA and topic-based authoring.

Internal pressures of faster time to market and shorter product shelf life requires a more nimble, highly agile content development process that is critical in today’s business environment. Some of the business drivers behind these pressures that impact technical publications organizations include:

Internal Drivers

External Drivers

To learn how other companies are responding to faster product lifecycles and growing expectations among global consumers of technical information, read about the proven business benefits of DITA.

Listen to a podcast with Chris Hadley of Micro Focus as he talks about the company's DITA initiatives.

Read about the business benefits that NetApp achieved with SDL Trisoft.

Watch a webinar featuring FICO and their DITA implementation.

DITA
DITA

SDL is a strong evangelist of DITA, an important XML standard for the writing and publishing of technical information.
Why Go DITA
Why Go DITA

There are a number of global business pressures that are mainstreaming and speeding up the adoption of DITA and topic-based authoring.
The DITA paradigm shift
The DITA paradigm shift

The adoption of DITA requires a fundamental shift in the roles and processes of a technical writing and publishing organization.
The Future of DITA
The Future of DITA

We believe the future of DITA lies in Dynamic Publishing - the ability to push granular and tailored content dynamically to global customers.
DITA as a Flavor of XML
DITA as a Flavor of XML

Like any type of XML, DITA separates content from the presentation layer so that writers can focus on writing the content rather than the “look and feel” of the final product.
What Do I Do Next
What Do I Do Next

SDL's Structured Content Technologies division has experts who have helped many companies plan for and migrate to DITA.