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DITA 1.2 Features
   Marc Speyer, Sperotech
Email: mspeyer@sperotech.com

       Contributing member of the
 OASIS DITA Ad...
What is coming in DITA 1.2?
DITA 1.1 was generally themed by book enablement
DITA 1.2 is basically characterized as a majo...
Extended vocabulary
New learning and training elements
New machine industry elements
New glossary elements for acronyms an...
Learning and Training
Addresses the following challenges
   How to find the context for developing and delivering the righ...
DITA for Learning and Training
How DITA helps:
  Reuse for Reusable Learning Objects (RLO)
  Topic types as building
  blo...
Machinery Task topic
Developed using the DITA constraint mechanism, it
ads the following specific sections
  Preliminary r...
New Glossary terms
Before DITA 1.2 just term and definition
In DITA 1.2 a <glossBody> element with glossary
sub-elements h...
Hazard statements
Provided as a DITA domain
Used to provide information about product safety
hazards, consequences and avo...
New/improved reuse features
Keys and Keyref
Conref ranges
Conref “push”
New ways to group topics for reuse in DITA maps
(m...
Keys and Keyref
<map>
<topicref keys=”aKey” href=”aFile.dita”/>
... other key definitions ...
</map>
<map>


<mapref href=...
Conref ranges
In DITA 1.1 conref could only reference a single ID
DITA 1.2 introduces conrefend for referencing a range of...
Conref range example
Source topic                        Referencing topic
<topic id="x">                      <topic id=“...
Conref range example
Source topic                       Referencing topic
<topic id="x">                     <topic id=“y"...
Conref “push”
Until DITA 1.2 there was only a pull mechanism
Insert or replace content in DITA topics and maps
Three possi...
Conref “pushreplace” example
Source topic                     Pushing topic
<task id="example“>              <task id="oth...
Conref “pushreplace” example
Source topic                      Pushing topic
<task id="example“>               <task id="o...
Conref “pushbefore” example
Source topic                     Pushing topic
<task id="example">              <task id="othe...
Conref “pushbefore” example
Source topic                      Pushing topic
<task id="example">               <task id="ot...
Why conaction = “mark”?
  To prevent invalid structure after pushing: the
  pushing topic serves as a valid containing str...
Map groups
New elements:
  <anchorref> - delimits a part of the map to be inserted at the
  <anchor> location referenced b...
Flexibility for authors
General task model
Recursive (untitled) sections
Keywords in keywords
<text> element




         ...
Facilitate consistency within teams
Constraints
Controlled values for metadata
Use the same specialized element in more co...
Defining a metadata scheme in
              DITA 1.2
<subjectScheme>                 attribute binding
  <enumerationdef>
...
Constraints
Allows more constrained version of a schema without
the need to create a specialization
Types of constraints:
...
Relaxation of inheritance
In DITA 1.1 topics could only be specialized from
a single topic and domains only from single do...
DITA 1.2 Relaxation of inheritance
           restrictions
Topics can specialize from multiple topics and can also include...
Maintainability/Housekeeping
Catalog version numbers
  Allows authors to control how to bind their documents to a
  specif...
References
http://www.oasis-
open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=dita-
adoption
   Official website of the group tha...
Thank you




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New Features in DITA 1.2

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Read about the new exciting features of the DITA 1.2 specification which includes several additions, including a Learning and Training specialization, a Machine-industry specialization, new support for glossary entries and acronyms and abbreviations, and the ability to constrain the standard DITA information types. For technical communicators who need to use a sequence of steps in multiple tasks, DITA 1.2 now offers the ability to reference a range of elements. With the new &quot;conref push&quot; mechanism, technical communicators will be able to permit designated customers to &quot;automatically insert&quot; specific content into the source text upon processing, such as brand-related terminology or other content, all without changing the source. These are only a small part of the improvements in the 1.2 specification. Marc Speyer is an active contributor of the Oasis DITA Adoption Technical committee and therefore well positioned to present the why and how of these new features.

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New Features in DITA 1.2

  1. 1. DITA 1.2 Features Marc Speyer, Sperotech Email: mspeyer@sperotech.com Contributing member of the OASIS DITA Adoption Technical Committee NLDITA 2010 www.sperotech.com 1
  2. 2. What is coming in DITA 1.2? DITA 1.1 was generally themed by book enablement DITA 1.2 is basically characterized as a major step in overall features and reach into new communities of use NLDITA 2010 www.sperotech.com 2
  3. 3. Extended vocabulary New learning and training elements New machine industry elements New glossary elements for acronyms and abbreviations Meeting ISO/ANSI standards for hazard statements Image scale-to-fit NLDITA 2010 www.sperotech.com 3
  4. 4. Learning and Training Addresses the following challenges How to find the context for developing and delivering the right content to the right person at the right time How to identify the learning goals and objectives? Who and how many are the audiences? How to pull together and integrate content from many different sources and content providers? How to enable customers and partners to add, integrate, assemble, and deliver their own content? Pain points: consistency, knowledge sharing, simplification, content creation, assembly and delivery NLDITA 2010 www.sperotech.com 4
  5. 5. DITA for Learning and Training How DITA helps: Reuse for Reusable Learning Objects (RLO) Topic types as building blocks for learning objects Domains to provide the mechanism for interactions and metadata Maps to arrange learning topics into lessons, modules and courses Specialization for learning-based topic types, domains and maps NLDITA 2010 www.sperotech.com 5
  6. 6. Machinery Task topic Developed using the DITA constraint mechanism, it ads the following specific sections Preliminary requirements to describe what the user needs to know before starting the task Closing requirements to conditions that must be fulfilled after the successful completion of the current task Procedural information for machines, machinery equipment, assemblies and apparatus NLDITA 2010 www.sperotech.com 6
  7. 7. New Glossary terms Before DITA 1.2 just term and definition In DITA 1.2 a <glossBody> element with glossary sub-elements has been added that can used for: Automated pop-up or expansion linking of terms in the content to definitions in the glossary Generation of a rich and comprehensive Glossary of Terms for a printed document Generation of a dynamic Glossary of Terms (perhaps sortable and searchable) for an online document Proper translation of terms into multiple languages NLDITA 2010 www.sperotech.com 7
  8. 8. Hazard statements Provided as a DITA domain Used to provide information about product safety hazards, consequences and avoidance strategies Main element <hazardstatement> (based on the regulations of ANSI Z535 and ISO 3864) Message panel with type of hazard, consequences and how to avoidance A symbol that represent a hazard, a hazardous situation, a result of not avoiding a hazard, or any combination of these NLDITA 2010 www.sperotech.com 8
  9. 9. New/improved reuse features Keys and Keyref Conref ranges Conref “push” New ways to group topics for reuse in DITA maps (mapgroup elements) NLDITA 2010 www.sperotech.com 9
  10. 10. Keys and Keyref <map> <topicref keys=”aKey” href=”aFile.dita”/> ... other key definitions ... </map> <map> <mapref href=”keyMap.ditamap”/> ... topicrefs ... <topicref keyref=”aKey”/> ... other topicrefs ... </map> NLDITA 2010 www.sperotech.com 10
  11. 11. Conref ranges In DITA 1.1 conref could only reference a single ID DITA 1.2 introduces conrefend for referencing a range of elements with the conref mechanism Similar restrictions as the single ID case apply, e.g. Start and end type must be of the same type as the referencing element or they must be generalizable to the referencing element Start and end element must have the same parent ID of start and end element are not preserved Note: In between elements do not have to match referencing element NLDITA 2010 www.sperotech.com 11
  12. 12. Conref range example Source topic Referencing topic <topic id="x"> <topic id=“y"> ... ... <body> <ol> <body> <li id="apple">A</li> <ol> <li id="bear">B</li> <li>My own 1st item</li> <li id="cat">C</li> <li <li id="dog">D</li> conref="topic.dita#x/bear“ <li id="eel">E</li> conrefend="topic.dita#x/dog“ </ol> /> </body> </topic> <li>And a final item</li> </ol> </body> </topic> NLDITA 2010 www.sperotech.com 12
  13. 13. Conref range example Source topic Referencing topic <topic id="x"> <topic id=“y"> ... ... <body> <ol> <body> <li id="apple">A</li> <ol> <li id="bear">B</li>topic Resulting <li>My own 1st item</li> <li id="cat">C</li>id=“y"> <topic <li <li id="dog">D</li> ... conref="topic.dita#x/bear“ <li id="eel">E</li> <body> conrefend="topic.dita#x/dog“ </ol> /> <ol> </body> </topic> <li>My own 1st item</li> a final item</li> <li>And <li>B</li> </ol> </body> <li id=“cat”>C</li> <li>D</li> </topic> <li>And a final item</li> </ol> </body> </topic> NLDITA 2010 www.sperotech.com 13
  14. 14. Conref “push” Until DITA 1.2 there was only a pull mechanism Insert or replace content in DITA topics and maps Three possible actions (through conaction attribute): Replacing an element Pushing content before an element Pushing content after an element Include pushing topic in ditamap with processing-role attribute set to “resource-only” (not in TOC, non- searchable and non-linkable) NLDITA 2010 www.sperotech.com 14
  15. 15. Conref “pushreplace” example Source topic Pushing topic <task id="example“> <task id="other"> <title>Example topic</title> ... <taskbody> <step <steps> conaction="pushreplace" <stepid="a"> conref="example.dita#example/b” <cmd>A</cmd> > </step> <cmd>Updated B</cmd> <step id="b"> </step> <cmd>B</cmd> ... </step> </task> <stepid="c"> <cmd>C</cmd> </step> </steps> </taskbody> </task> NLDITA 2010 www.sperotech.com 15
  16. 16. Conref “pushreplace” example Source topic Pushing topic <task id="example“> <task id="other"> Resulting topic <title>Example topic</title> ... <task id="example"> <taskbody> <step <title>Example topic</title> <steps> conaction="pushreplace" <taskbody> <stepid="a"> conref="example.dita#example/b” <steps> <cmd>A</cmd> > <step id="a"> </step> <cmd>Updated B</cmd> <cmd>A</cmd> <step id="b"> </step> </step> <cmd>B</cmd> ... <step id="b"> </step> </task> <cmd>Updated B</cmd> <stepid="c"> </step> <cmd>C</cmd> <step id="c"> </step> <cmd>C</cmd> </steps> </step> </taskbody> </steps> </task> </taskbody> </task> NLDITA 2010 www.sperotech.com 16
  17. 17. Conref “pushbefore” example Source topic Pushing topic <task id="example"> <task id="other"> <title>Example topic</title> ... <taskbody> 1 <step conaction="pushbefore"> <steps> <cmd>Do this before B</cmd> <stepid="a"> </step> <cmd>A</cmd> 2 <step conaction="mark" </step> conref="example.dita#example/b" <step id="b"> /> <cmd>B</cmd> ... </step> </task> <stepid="c"> <cmd>C</cmd> </step> </steps> </taskbody> </task> NLDITA 2010 www.sperotech.com 17
  18. 18. Conref “pushbefore” example Source topic Pushing topic <task id="example"> <task id="other"> <title>Example topic</title> ... <taskbody> Resulting topic 1 <step conaction="pushbefore"> <steps> <task id="example"> <cmd>Do this before B</cmd> <title>Example topic</title> <stepid="a"> </step> <taskbody> <cmd>A</cmd> 2 <step conaction="mark" </step> <steps> conref="example.dita#example/b" <step id="b"> <step id="a"> /> <cmd>B</cmd> <cmd>A</cmd> ... </step> </step> </task> <stepid="c"> <step> <cmd>C</cmd> <cmd>Do this before B</cmd> </step> </step> </steps> <step id="b"> </taskbody> <cmd>B</cmd> </task> </step> ... NLDITA 2010 www.sperotech.com 18
  19. 19. Why conaction = “mark”? To prevent invalid structure after pushing: the pushing topic serves as a valid containing structure, e.g. you cannot do this Pushing topic ... <fig id="other"> <title conaction="pushbefore">Extra figure title before</title> <title conaction="mark "conref="example.dita#example/b"/> </fig> ... NLDITA 2010 www.sperotech.com 19
  20. 20. Map groups New elements: <anchorref> - delimits a part of the map to be inserted at the <anchor> location referenced by its @href attribute The <anchor> element which was present before DITA 1.2 provides an integration point into which another map can inserts its navigation through the @anchorref attribute <topicset> - defines a complete reuse unit within a map Should be treated as an independent unit <topicsetref> - references a <topicset> preserving its identity Differs from conref-ing since that results in a transclusion <mapref> - convenience element to reference a map (eq. to <topicref> element with @format attribute set to “ditamap” NLDITA 2010 www.sperotech.com 20
  21. 21. Flexibility for authors General task model Recursive (untitled) sections Keywords in keywords <text> element NLDITA 2010 www.sperotech.com 21
  22. 22. Facilitate consistency within teams Constraints Controlled values for metadata Use the same specialized element in more contexts (domain/topic integration) NLDITA 2010 www.sperotech.com 22
  23. 23. Defining a metadata scheme in DITA 1.2 <subjectScheme> attribute binding <enumerationdef> <attributedef name=”platform”/> category <subjectdef keys=”os”> <subjectdef keys=”aix”/> <subjectdef keys=”linux”/> <subjectdef keys=”zos”/> </subjectdef> values </enumerationdef> ... other enumerations ... </subjectScheme> NLDITA 2010 www.sperotech.com 23
  24. 24. Constraints Allows more constrained version of a schema without the need to create a specialization Types of constraints: Restriction of content model or attributes for an element Restriction of extension elements from a domain Replacement of base elements by domain extensions Still requires knowledge of schema (DTD/XSD) to implement the constraint NLDITA 2010 www.sperotech.com 24
  25. 25. Relaxation of inheritance In DITA 1.1 topics could only be specialized from a single topic and domains only from single domain Inheritance diagram Level root topic elements common elements DITA generic concept, task, DITA core UI Software topic types reference, … & domains User User User User User topic topic domain domain specialized NLDITA 2010 www.sperotech.com 25
  26. 26. DITA 1.2 Relaxation of inheritance restrictions Topics can specialize from multiple topics and can also include elements from domains Domains can specialize from both domains and topics and can also include elements from other domains Inheritance diagram DITA 1.2 Level Scope root topic elements common elements base global module domain domain elements elements domain topic elements elements specialized local to topic domain topic module elements NLDITA 2010 www.sperotech.com 26
  27. 27. Maintainability/Housekeeping Catalog version numbers Allows authors to control how to bind their documents to a specific schema An exact version in time (point release) The latest available version within a major version The latest version available regardless of major version DITA Entity Resolution Catalog NLDITA 2010 www.sperotech.com 27
  28. 28. References http://www.oasis- open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=dita- adoption Official website of the group that wants to educate the marketplace of the value of DITA http://wiki.oasis-open.org/dita-adoption Feature articles, explanations, and tools to promote the adoption of DITA http://dita.xml.org Online community for the DITA Oasis standard http://www.oasis- open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=dita Official website of group that maintains the DITA standard NLDITA 2010 www.sperotech.com 28
  29. 29. Thank you NLDITA 2010 www.sperotech.com 29

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