We are developing a number of tutorials for DITA. Some of these will be self-paced online tutorials. Others will be used for instructor-led webinars.
Attendees will do the exercises in their workspace folders on this website. Successful completion of both kinds of tutorials can result in certificates of completion.
Tutorials are locked (
Why concepts, tasks, and references? You learn the three basic information types. Writing a concept. Writing a task. Writing a reference.
Title, ID, shortdesc, prolog metadata, body, sections, examples, paragraphs, lists, tables, phrases, keywords, images, multimedia, related links, topic nesting. How to find every element in the language specification.
What is metadata? How to set attributes and filter or flag output for different audiences, products, etc.
What is a DITA Map? How to design a map hierarchy. How to assemble your topics into maps.
Designing content for reuse. What is a conref?
Why does DITA need a CMS? Locating your reusable components.
Adding reltables to your DITA Maps. Why are reltables better than related links in topics?
Why is DITA ideal for content that must be localized? Writing for translation. Best practices for translation.
DITA map as a Help TOC. DITA Open Toolkit Help options - CHM files, Eclipse Help, Jave Help.
Specialization of a DITA topic. Inheritance rules.
Working with the toolkit. Build files. Output files.
Designing stylesheets for your deliverables.
Publishing with the Open Toolkit and Publishing Engines.
