[Sigia-l] [INTERVIEW] The good, the bad, and the ugly - DITA @ Adobe Systems

[Scott Abel]

~ Looking for information about real-world use of DITA? Check out this 
interview with Puny Sen, Project Lead, Instructional Communications, 
Adobe Systems. Sen is candid, sharing the good, the bad, and the ugly 
about the software giant's foray into the world of the Darwin 
Information Typing Architecture (DITA) including:

* the percentage of content Adobe was able to reuse
* the difficulties writers faced moving from unstructured to structured 
FrameMaker
* the need for DITA specialization wizards
* the absence of mature Map editors
* why DITA needs to be constrained
* why information architecture needs to be adapted to DITA
* the flattening of conditional text, attributes, and cross-references
* and the need for a close examination of content granularity prior to 
adopting DITA


Check out the article: http://www.travelthepath.com/structure.html

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Events of Interest
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CM Pros Summit: Enabling Content Personalization through Content 
Management, November 28 - Boston, MA
http://www.cmprofessionals.org/events/summit/

FrameMaker 2005 Chautauqua, November 7-9, 2005 - RTP, NC
Info: http://www.travelthepath.com/chat/chautauqua.html

DITA 2006, March 23-25, 2006 - Raleigh, NC
http://www.travelthepath.com/dita2006.html