[Sigia-l] IA of manuals

[Ruth Kaufman]

...and DITA maps can be used to a) relate documents to each other and
b) as a data source for navigation.

On 10/5/07, Bob Doyle <bobdoyle at skybuilders.com> wrote:
> Hi Luca,
>
> Ruth Kaufman is right about DITA.
>
> The IA of the IA Institute is about document collections, since many IAs are
> former librarians.
>
> The IA of DITA (Darwin Information Typing Architecture) is about the
> internal architecture of a single document, especially technical
> documentation.
>
> DITA is all about single-source documents that can be published to many
> output deliverables, like web, print and help systems. And it's about reuse
> of small components or topics, that can be assembled dynamically to create
> different deliverables for different audiences.
>
> I wrote an article about this here:
> http://www.econtentmag.com/Articles/ArticleReader.aspx?ArticleID=18742
>
> You can find more about DITA at the official DITA community webiste
> http://dita.xml.org,
>
> and at our network of DITA Users sites. DITA Users has nearly 400 members
> from 21 countries.
> http://www.ditausers.org
> http://www.ditanews.com
> http://www.ditawiki.org
> http://www.ditainfocenter.com
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bob.
>
> On 10/4/07, Luca Rosati <lucarosati at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I'm looking for resources on IA of technical documentation:
> > structures and organizational models for user manuals, tutorials etc.
> > (both papered and electronic) of consumer products (electronics,
> > household appliances etc.).
> >
> > Can you suggest me best practices or guidelines?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Luca
> >
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