Docker containers make it easy to package and use different configurations of software components. This document contains information relevant to decide between docbook, dita, or custom dtds and is part of the cover pages resource. Then, he explores the dita architecture, explaining maps and topics, structural. Dita professional eliot kimber takes you contained in the dita xml normal, explaining the structure and technology that make dita distinctive. These tutorials are excerpted from the upcoming book dita for practitioners, to be published by xml press in 2011. Volume 1 of his twovolume exploration of dita starts with a. Eliot kimber is a founding and continuing member of the dita technical committee. Dita for practitioners volume 1 ebook by eliot kimber. Then, he explores the dita architecture, explaining maps and. Expandcollapse synopsis dita expert eliot kimber takes you inside the dita xml standard, explaining the architecture and technology that make dita unique. These topic types are specialized directly from, differing from only in the root tagname.
Dita for practitioners volume 1 eliot kimber haftad. Docker containers for dita 12816 contrext, llc 1 eliot kimber contrext, llc dita ot day, munich, november 2016. Dita expert eliot kimber takes you inside the dita xml standard, explaining the architecture and technology that make. A roadmap for writing, editing, and architecting in dita. He is author of the book dita for practitioners, vol 1, theory and practice, from xml press.
Architecture and technology ebook written by eliot kimber. I wouldnt advocate writing a stem book, article or research paper in dita. Dita for publishers with eliot kimber just write click. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read dita for practitioners volume 1.
Architecture and technology addresses this question with a detailed look at dita aimed at engineers, tools builders, and content strategists anyone who designs, implements, or supports ditabased systems as well as experienced dita authors who want a deeper understanding of the technology they are using. Eliot kimber 20120530 this is a really a basic xml issue. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read dita best practices. Well, i would agree with you that i too lean towards using the keyword element for generic metata, but thats the confusion. On behalf of all his coworkers, congratulations eliot. Eliot is the founder and primary contributor to the open source dita for publishers project. Dita expert eliot kimber takes you inside the dita xml standard, explaining. Some parts are useful for the writer who is using dita, but there are other books for them. A dita open toolkit workbook, second edition dita expert eliot kimber takes you inside the dita xml standard, explaining the architecture and technology that make dita.
You should get a map and some number of topics, one for each heading 1, heading 2, heading 3, and heading 4 paragraph in your word document. Architecture and technology addresses this question with a detailed look at dita aimed at engineers, tools builders, and content strategists anyone who designs, implements, or supports dita based systems as well as experienced dita authors who want a deeper understanding of the. The reason the light flashed was because eliot kimber has been saying recently that dita is perfectly suited for publishers, regardless of the content type. Mar 21, 2019 eliot kimber, senior solutions architect at really strategies will present, dita for publishers. Architecture and technology addresses this question with a. Eliot kimbers new book dita for practitioners is now available. In keeping with xml presss commitment to using the tools we write about, the dita series will be authored using the dita standard and produced using. Dita for publishers provides out of the box a set of completely generic topic types that map to the basic components of most publications. Eliot has spent the past 25 years entrenched in generalized markup languages. Jun 29, 2011 xml press is also planning to publish dita for practitioners, by eliot kimber. For formatting to pdf i couldnt really get on with fop. Im trying to know if some sort of dita ot plugin exists to convert dita learning specialization topics into scorm. In eliot kimber s book dita for practitioners its stated that data is the primary element for holding arbitrary metadata.
Xslt magic tricks with dita and framemaker now, i will admit, this talk from eliot kimber, principal solutions architect at contrext solutions, was very deep level, programmatic stuff that mostly went over my head. Eliot kimber is the author of dita for practitioners volume 1 4. Our current dilemma is whether to use docbook, dita, or custom dtds. In keeping with xml presss commitment to using the tools we write about, the dita series will be authored using the dita standard and produced using widely available tools. Oct 12, 2005 we are in the planning stages of switching to arbortext editor formerly epic editor. We are in the planning stages of switching to arbortext editor formerly epic editor. Eliot kimber author of dita for practitioners volume 1. Eliot kimber five highlights from dita tcworld 2016 one of the final technical communications conferences in the fall is the biggest. In thinking this through ive come to the conclusion that chris position is the correct one.
Volume 1 of his twoquantity exploration of dita begins with a palmson rationalization of finishtofinish dita processing that may get you up and operating quick. Specialist in standardsbasesd hyperlinking, highvolume, standardsbased composition of documents. Dita for publishers with eliot kimber for this months central texas dita user group meeting we played host to eliot kimber. He has been working with publishers for more than 10 years and applying dita to the business challenges of publishers for more than 7 years. Mathml life is a lot easier than it was with dita 1. Enable interchange and interoperation of xml content from a wide variety of sources without requiring everyone involved to agree on a single overarching document type definition. Hello eliot, the problem is, that i want dita ot to skip the line breaks. Eliot kimber is a founding and active member of the oasis dita technical committee. Dita for practitioners, volume 1 king county library system. Then, he explores the dita architecture, explaining maps and topics, structural patterns, metadat. I recommend this book for the dita developer, and also for the person designing your dita information model. Eliot kimber and christopher hill to speak at intelligent. Anne gentle captured a good analysis of eliot s position in her blog post, dita for publishers with eliot kimber. A major consideration is the ability to create books in arbortext.
Several ditarelated publications include information on configuring and. When resolving variables, the first definition within a given scope containing element in document order wins, so in the case of nested elements, the nesting is not significant, only the order of the definitions in normal depthfirst tree order. Go search best sellers gift ideas new releases deals store coupons. This book is essential for anyone who is building plugins, specializations, or dita transforms. Regarding the subjectscheme, that mainly concerns attributes, and does not quite answer this question. I know he can do the deep dive into this material from what i have seen in the past, so this is another title i am keeping an eye on. Volume 1 of his twovolume exploration of dita starts with a handson explanation of endtoend dita processing that will get you up and running fast. No reason to choose any other xml standard but dita. Eliot has been doing structured markup in one form or another for a very long. Please see the main publication page for these books at. What factors influenced your decision to use docbook, dita or custom dtds.
Understanding dita cross book links when migrating content to dita, you often have links from one book to another. He was a coeditor of the isoiec hytime standard and was a founding member of the xml working group. Dita expert eliot kimber takes you inside the dita xml sta. Dita for practitioners, volume 1 king county library. These links work in your legacy environment but dont work when migrated to dita 1. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Authored by eliot kimber and published by xml press, this seminal resource. I know the data element is intended for specialization, but apparently not just that. Has any user had experience with dita, books, and arbortext. I took some scattered notes, mostly jotting down the great phrases eliot handed out while nodding and chuckling.
Dita expert eliot kimber takes you inside the dita xml standard, explaining the architecture and technology that make dita unique. Dita for practitioners volume 1 eliot kimber informatique. Kimber explains why cross book links that work in legacy environments dont work when migrated to. Dita configuration and specialization tutorials this information set provides a set of tutorials on dita 1.
Books on learning dita technical writing is easy medium. Eliot kimber has been applying generalized markup in some form or another to documents of all types for more than 30 years. Jan 19, 2017 dita s architecture is driven by two related but distinct requirements. We would need to create table of contents, indexes, and glossaries.
Authors include eliot kimber, a longtime dita expert and member of the dita technical committee at oasis open, and leigh white, who has extensive experience working with the dita open toolkit. Specialist in standards basesd hyperlinking, highvolume, standardsbased composition of documents. These tutorials are excerpted from the book dita for practitioners, to be published. In eliot kimbers book dita for practitioners its stated that data is the primary element for holding arbitrary metadata. Dita should take over everything eliot has an evil plan. He also has a blog that occasionally delves into things dita, and i know he is fairly active within the oasis dita committee.
Anne gentle captured a good analysis of eliots position in her blog post, dita for publishers with eliot kimber. Architecture and technology addresses this question with a detailed look at dita aimed at engineers, tools builders, and content strategists. He has been doing structured markup for more than 30 years. Multiple ot with git presented by eliot kimber at dita. In this session, eliot will introduce his project dita for publishers, and detail how dita darwin information typing architecture can be the toolset that launches publishers into the xml world in a way that. Jun 18, 2019 dita expert eliot kimber takes you inside the dita xml standard, explaining the architecture and technology that make dita unique. A roadmap for writing, editing, and architecting in dita ebook written by laura bellamy, michelle carey, jenifer schlotfeldt. Dita for practitioners, volume 1, architecture and technology published by xml press. Volume 2 will include all of the eliot kimber dita configuration and specialization tutorials, which you can find at dita.
Architecture and technology, by eliot kimber april 23, 2012 links. Dita for practitioners volume 1 ebook por eliot kimber. Eliot is the author of dita for practitioners, available in print and epubkindle format from xml press. Architecture and technology addresses this question with a detailed look at dita aimed at engineers, tools builders, and content strategists anyone who designs, implements, or supports ditabased systems as well as experienced dita authors who want a deeper understanding of the. I am grateful that he took the time to write this volume, and i eagerly await the arrival of the next. If you need to maintain multiple configurations of the ot for daytoday or minutebyminute changes to the ot for different projects, clients, etc. Architecture and technology is a detailed look at dita aimed at engineers, tools builders, and content strategists anyone who designs, implements, or supports ditabased systems as well as experienced dita authors who want a deeper understanding of the technology they are using. Relies on the apache poi library for pptx generation. Then, he explores the dita architecture, explaining maps and topics, structural patterns, metadata, linking and. Docker containers can also provide the dependencies needed to run a. Eliot kimber, and the original source, dita for practitioners, is included. Dita for publishers user guide understanding the dita for. Eliot kimber published on april, 2012 by eliot kimber isbn.
This book provides clear insight into the intent and purpose of dita architecture. Elliot kimber does a great job of providing a detailed and readable hands on guide the dita architecture. Eliot kimbers longterm involvement with structured markup systems gives him a perspective on dita that not many others have. The book itself was authored in dita xml using the dita for publishers vocabulary and produced in all of its forms using the dita open toolkit, customized and. Adobe techcomm blog adobe dita world 2017 day 3 summary. We are leaning towards using dita dtds, because we eventually plan to feed information into a content management system, and dita seems to be much better at chunking than docbook. A general xslt and java framework for producing different side presentation formats, such as powerpoint, from xml source. The book itself was authored in dita xml using the dita for publishers vocabulary and produced in all of its forms using the dita open toolkit, customized and extended by the author. The cover pages is a comprehensive webaccessible reference collection supporting the sgmlxml family of meta markup language standards and their application.
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