On 1/6/09 9:40 AM, "Todd" <rogue.writer@...> wrote:

> I was asked this question by Mgt just yesterday. With the economic
> downturn, my employer is pushing to ramp-up SOP development, and Mgt
> wants to know if DITA would be a good template. Is anyone using DITA
> for SOPs? If so, do you find Concept-Task-Reference sufficient, or is
> a new specialization needed?

If there is a standard structure or content for your SOPs it's probably
worth the effort to develop a specialized topic type or types that implement
those standards. The new more general task type in DITA 1.2 is probably a
more attractive specialization base than the more techdoc-specific task
topic type in DITA 1.1 and prior.

If you have specific formatting requirements for SOPs (which seems likely),
having a specialization will tend to make it easier to automate that
formatting as well.

Cheers,

Eliot

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