SMOOTHING THE TRANSITION TO DITA: EXPERT PARTNERS CAN EASE THE PAIN

摘要

Many companies are moving their content to DITA, a process that can be daunting for players who are new to such migrations and might not fully understand what they are getting into. In this practical, from-the-trenches presentation, you'll learn from the experience of a team of eight writers tasked with converting 10,000 pages of unstructured legacy content into structured ("intelligent") DITA content. We describe problems encountered and provide suggestions for making things go more smoothly. A critical factor in the success of the project was the use of expert partners for some tasks. The net result was clearer, more usable content and greater expertise for the writing team at a substantial savings over doing it all ourselves.