Structured, topic-oriented authoring with DITA

Who should attend

The structured DITA authoring course is intended for people who want to use the DITA information model to create and structure content, for example:

• Technical writers
• Subject matter experts (SMEs)
• Information architects

Contents

You will learn the principles and mechanisms of topic-oriented authoring, following the DITA information model. You create valid DITA topics of various information types and collect these topics in a DITA map, ready for publication. You use various DITA editors, such as DITA-FMx, XMetaL and <oXygen/> XML Editor.

Training objectives

Upon completing this course, you will:

• Know the principles of topic-oriented authoring
• Know the DITA content units
• Be able to create topics of various information types
• Be familiar with the main elements of the DITA information model