Indy DITA Users:

With all the chatter about the Darwin Information Typing Architecture
in technical communication circles these days, I wanted to offer up
this list of resources that might prove useful to those just starting
to learn about DITA.

Scott

1) DITA 2006: March 23-25, 2006 - Raleigh, NC. Meet, mingle and learn
from IBM's Dave Schell, the creator of DITA, and other Darwinian
luminaries at DITA 2006, March 23-25, 2006 in Raleigh, NC. Hands-on
workshops, case studies, and product demonstrations (including a full
vendor exhibition) will be featured along with white papers,
presentations, and discussion groups. A call for papers is expected in
late August 2005 and a full conference schedule will be announced
shortly thereafter. DITA 2006 is being co-sponsored by OASIS and will
be the first event of it's kind -- dedicated entirely to educating
attendees about the Darwin Information Typing Architecture. Learn more:
http://www.travelthepath.com/dita2006.html.

2) DITA: An OASIS Standard. Link to the announcement that spurred all
the interest!
http://www.oasis-open.org/news/oasis_news_06_01_05.php

3) Required Reading Resources:

IBM’s Introduction to the Darwin Information Typing Architecture
includes a wealth of information about the history and usage of DITA.
Links to other online resources are also provided.
Link:
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-dita1/index.html?
open&l=778,t=gr,p=xmlDITA

DITA Downloads at IBM includes links to DITA DTDs, DITA schemas and
more.
Link:
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-dita6/x-
dita_downloads.html

DITA Questions and Answers - Arbortext takes a look at some of the
common questions surrounding DITA and provides answers designed to
demystify the often misundersood concepts and issues.
Link: http://www.arbortext.com/resources/dita_q_a.htm

Specializing Domains in DITA provides guidance for those hoping to
"specialize" (i.e. customize) DITA for their own use.
Link:
http://wiki.astrogrid.org/pub/Astrogrid/
DarwinInformationTypingArchitecture/DITA-domains.html

DITA Users Group is a Yahoo! Group dedicated to the discussion of all
things DITA.
Link: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dita-users/

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Scott Abel, Content Management Strategist
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