1. Adopting DITA Leaping Across the Chasm Mathew Varghese Content Architect, Citrix

2. Agenda Why DITA Basics of DITA architecture Content reuse with DITA Semantic tagging and topic-based writing

3. Why DITA It’s all about adoptability the chasm

4. Think Information not Content “Come at once. We have struck a berg.” Content Content is a symptom, not a solution! Knowledge

5. Can your product sell itself?

6. Knowledge Stack Interfaces People Product Portals Processes and Tools People Content Developers Subject Matter Experts

7. DITA Building Blocks Topics Concept Task Reference Maps Ditamap Bookmap

8. Core Reuse Features (1.1) Ditamap Ditaval Conref

9. Ditamap Topic-level reuse C C R T R T C T T T T

10. DITAVAL Topic-level reuse Attribute Element Content

11. Conref Element-level reuse Conref Element Topic and location Element ID Topic ID

12. Reuse Scenarios Across releases Across deliverables Guides Formats Across audiences Across functions

13. Semantic Tagging and Topic-based Writing Get the specs Develop your tagging scheme Strengthen your analysis and design process Tagging and editing

14. Get the Right Specs Language Specification http://docs.oasis-open.org/dita/v1.1/langspec/ditaref-type.html Architecture Specification http://docs.oasis-open.org/dita/v1.1/archspec/archspec.html

15. Semantic Tagging Build your tagging scheme

16. Analysis and Design Design Walkthroughs Topic Audits

17. Tagging and Editing Editors are your greatest assets!

18. QUestions