Presented at DocTrain East 2007 Conference by Harvey Greenberg, XyEnterprise -- Just one of DITA’s many amazing attributes is how much power it provides, while at its core remaining quite simple. Simple though it is, DITA still requires good planning, good execution, and good project management to bring it all together. This is one area where technology—specifically content management technology—can add enormous value. Does every organization using DITA need a CMS? Certainly not. But this presentation discusses indicators for when you do, and offers some best practices surrounding acquisition and implementation.

1. DITA: Managing It All DOCTRAIN East 2007 Harv Greenberg October 19, 2007

9. Typical CMS Audit Trail

12. Link Validation Scenario

14. Work Package (Project) in Authoring

15. Project in Review Step

17. Sending Topics to XMetaL Reviewer

18. Evolution of Topic in Reviewer

21. Branch Merge: Creating Branch

22. Branch Merge: Selecting Components Populate the Variant

23. Branch Merge: Comparing Versions

26. Translation Export

27. Result in Translation Memory Idiom and SDL translation interfaces

28. Checking Status

29. Result in CMS

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