DITA XML training :
Introduction to the standard
Overview of DITA XML training
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4D CONCEPT’s DITA XML training enables technical writers to quickly move from theory to practice by creating their first DITA documentation in just two days.
Participants get hands-on experience with oXygen XML, the reference editor, and learn to structure, filter, and publish DITA content through practical exercises based on a continuous case study. The training is accessible without XML prerequisites and is designed for immediate application of the skills gained in a professional setting.
The training is presented in oXygen.
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Thank you for this enriching training! Your expertise, clarity of explanation, and availability made the learning experience particularly enjoyable and stimulating. I am delighted to have had the opportunity to participate in this training.
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Please contact our disability coordinator at psh-accueil@.4dconcept.fr to discuss your request and its feasibility.
Training Objectives
Upon completion of this training, you will be able to:
- Recognize data types (concept, task, reference)
- Convert Word documentation to DITA XML format
- Vary content using DITA mechanisms: filters and keys
Detailed program for the DITA XML training
1. Introduction to structured documentation
- Limitations of unstructured documentation
- Benefits of structured documentation
2. Introduction to XML language
- XML: definition
- The XML structure
- XML validation
- XML in technical documentation
- Authoring and publishing XML documentation
3. The DITA standard
- Traditional document vs. DITA documentation
- Origin and purpose of the DITA standard
- DITA among documentation standards
- Modularity in DITA: topics
- Topic typing
- Organizing topics in a documentation set
- Reuse in the DITA standard
- Filtering and content variation
- Translation and multilingual management
- Why structure your documentation with DITA?
4. Understanding DITA topics
- The topic: information unit
- Principles of topic-oriented authoring
- XML structure of a DITA topic
- Best practices for topic authoring
5. Segmenting and classifying an existing document
- Content typing and segmentation
- Principles of modular breakdown
6. Organizing content with DITA maps
- What is a DITA map?
- Hierarchy and organization in a DITA map
- Dynamic links in DITA
- Validate and export a DITA map
7. Conditional filtering
- Why filter DITA content?
- Standard filtering attributes
- Structure of a DITAVAL file
8. Advanced content reuse using keys
- Reference a resource by key using the DITA map
- Filtering vs. key-based variation
9. Publishing with DITA-OT in oXygen XML
- The role of DITA-OT
- Validate a DITA map with DITA-OT
10. Conclusion
- What we learned
- DITA, what is it for?
- Limitations and best practices
- To go further
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