Comments on: Podcast — DITA: From the Perspective of Someone Actually Using It

By: Julie

Julie — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:43:54 +0000

Thank you for this most imformative podcast. I am embarking on a DITA implementation using Adobe’s Tech Comm Suite and DITA. The benefit of DITA is that it is designed to make the creation of software content consistent and reusable. DITA is not a tool. It is a schema, a methodology for writing. The benefit of structured FrameMaker and DITA is that FrameMaker enforces the DITA structure.

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By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 17 May 2008 16:27:52 +0000

Edward, what changed your mind?

By: Edward Dunlap

Edward Dunlap — Fri, 16 May 2008 20:13:05 +0000

Great interview, though I’m more inclined not to look at DITA now.

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By: Janet Swisher

Janet Swisher — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:08:04 +0000

I have a question for Marlene: You made a comment along the lines of “People think they need to have a content management system in order to use DITA”. Does that mean that you’re not using a CMS? In that case, how do you organize your source files?

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By: Shweta Shetye

Shweta Shetye — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 07:50:15 +0000

Hi Tom,

This was the first Podcast I ever listened too, and I loved it. We in our organization use Epic Editor with a customized DTD and stylesheet for publishing the final outputs (PDF and CHM). I also use Framemaker (Unstructured) and agree with Marlene when she defines how limited the flexibility is with FM. Using Epic (I do not know if it qualifies as DITA) is much less cumbersome.

I love working on it and recommend to others, if you have an open outlook to technology. Thanks for this amazing podcast:)

Shweta

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:01:43 +0000

Outlines sounds like the Table of COntents in Flare
XSLT sounds like Targets in Flare