The following dita-users poll is now closed. Here are the final results: POLL QUESTION: In what kind of repository do you store your XML content? Select all...
Hello, I'm currently working on a XML-DITA project. I'm using the DITA Toolkit 1.1.2.1 to transform DITA files into html files. There is a problem with tables...
Hello, thanks for these poll results. Interesting to see that there's still 1/4 storing XML content within the file system. Unfortunately, the poll didnt ask...
Yes - this is an interesting question. I would imagine that those still using file systems are in the beginning phases of implementing DITA. Leveraging the...
Hi Cedric, For the Schemas, this is know issue. The fix didn't make it into DITA-OT 1.1.2.1. As for the table issue, the IBM DOCTYPE is an old version of a...
I have only done a prototype DITA project, so I cannot claim any deep expertise, but I found starting small with a filesystem "CMS" to be very valuable. I...
Carl, I think it is important to put into you mix that the price for Tech Pubs Information Component Systems (formally called CMS) has become much more ...
As the one who started this poll, first, I'd like to thank everyone who participated, both by submitting responses and e-mailing me privately with further...
Although I work for a large corporation, as a Lone Writer, it is impossible to justify buying one of the leading CMS products just to manage my own content....
... Since maps represent linking relationships, I have this idea that you could look into using a dedicated dita map as an overall manager of all the topics...
Hi Julia, Sorry it took a while to get back to this, but I mostly wanted to say that you're on the right track. The OASIS modules -- topic, concept, and any...
Joe, I'm interested in what you think are the severe limitations that non-CMS/DB users have to face. We are in the CMS:Other group as we use Perforce to manage...
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Jay Kamchi
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Feb 2, 2006 1:54 am
I'll be there, too. Looking forward to seeing you all. ++ Jay...
Todd, Take a look at www.DocZone.com <http://www.doczone.com/> These CMS hosting systems will be emerging. Personally, I think this will be the next big thing...
Hi, Steve, One of the primary benefits of using a topic-based writing model is re-use. (A lucrative corollary to this is reducing repetition and reducing ...
... The primary issues of reuse are not technical ones, and the primary measures of reuse are defined by what you are documenting, not what tools you use to...
Thank you, Robert. Your information does help and gives me new ideas. I'm glad to hear 1.2 will have plugin capabilities as it sounds like this will simplify...
Hi, Dave: ... I take this as indicating that Financial Sections have the content and that different Financial Topics organize Financial Sections in different...
Hi all, I have been reading a little about DITA on developerworks and trying to learn from the various interesting posts on this forum. There is far too much...
... tools you use to manage it. <snip> I have stuggled with the concepts of re-use for a long time. I have come to the conclusion that there are (as another...
When I run ant for PDF output, an xref in one of my xml files causes the build to fail. When I take out the xref, it works fine. Question is, how can I achieve...
Just a reminder --- Please RSVP if you plan to attend. Our next meeting. -- Wednesday, February 8th -- Please RSVP to ... Speaker: Daniel Dionne, IBM Silicon...
John, Your struggle is in good company. We've also thought about this quite a bit, and worked with real-life cases for implementing a solution. There is always...
... It's not technically possible to create new attributes via specialization. There is a proposal for DITA 1.1 specifically to address this - in the meantime...
... I can think of a number of ways to manage this. Continuing the theme of folder structures, I could imagine something like: productX\Unix\addblargunix.dita ...
Hi Michael <snip> ... Does that mean that 85% of all topics where used in more than one context within the same project? Do you have any idea about the...
