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DITA: Introduction to the Standard is a ‘How to’ guide based on your specific needs in terms of writing and organising production in DITA mode: How do you divide content into Topics? What markup should you use for an illustration caption? How can you reuse cross-functional data?

Created by our DITA specialists based on extensive customer feedback, the 4D CONCEPT DITA: Introduction to the Standard training course will give you the keys to get started quickly, using your own data if you wish.

Each module includes practical exercises. A sample publication is provided to help you remember all the recommended practices.

The training course is presented in oXygen.

Next sessions

30 March - 1 April 2026
27-28 May 2026
15-16 September 2026
18-19 November 2026

To know

Public
2 to 5 trainees maximum per sessions
Duration
2 days
Price
On demand
Target
Technical writers, documentation architects.
Prerequisites
No prerequisites
Location
All our training courses can be delivered in person or remotely. Intra-company or inter-company training.
Accessibility
4D CONCEPT is committed to offering training courses to everyone. Our centres are accessible to people with reduced mobility, and our teams are on hand to provide the best possible support to participants with disabilities of any kind throughout their training.

Please contact our disability advisor at psh-accueil@.4dconcept.fr so that we can assess your request and its feasibility.

Goals

By the end of the training course, you will know how to:
  • Structure topics using main tags
  • Build a topic tree structure
  • Use cross-functional libraries
  • Use variables
  • Create dynamic links

Program

1. Introduction to structured documentation

  • Limits of unstructured documentation
  • Benefits of structured documentation

2. Introduction to XML

  • XML: definition
  • XML structure
  • XML validation
  • XML in technical documentation
  • Edit and publish XML documentation

3. DITA standard

  • What is DITA?
  • Origin and objective of the DITA standard
  • DITA among documentation standards
  • Modularity in DITA: topics
  • Topic classification
  • Organise the topics in documentation
  • Reuse in the DITA standard
  • Content filtering and variation
  • Translation and multilingual management
  • Why structure your documentation with DITA?

4. Understanding DITA topics

  • The topic: unit of information
  • Principles of topic-oriented writing
  • XML structure of a DITA topic
  • Best practices for writing topics

5. Cutting and typing an existing document

  • Content typing and segmentation
  • Principles of modular division

6. Organising content with DITA maps

  • Converting unstructured content into structured XML DITA content
  • Organising a publication
  • Creating and using libraries
  • Variabilising content

7. Conditional filtering

  • Why filter DITA content?
  • Standard filtering attributes
  • Structure of a DITAVAL file

8. Advanced reuse with keys

  • Referencing a resource by key using the DITA map
  • Filtering vs variation by key

9. Publishing with DITA-OT in oXygen XML

  • The role of DITA-OT
  • Validating a DITA map with DITA-OT

10. Conclusion

  • What we have learnt
  • What is DITA used for?
  • Limitations and best practices
  • Further reading

Assessment methods:
The trainer will assess the knowledge acquired at the end of the course.

Updated December 2025

Testimonials

The speaker has a thorough understanding of the subject matter. Well-structured practical exercises.

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You will come away with a concrete idea of structured content and the DITA standard, as well as a solid foundation of understanding.

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Programme suitable for beginners, logical and comprehensive exercises.

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