DITA Best Practices : a Roadmap for Writing, Editing, and Architecting in DITA / Bellamy, Laura.

The Start-to-Finish, Best-Practice Guide to Implementing and Using DITA Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) is today's most powerful toolbox for constructing information. By implementing DITA, organizations can gain more value from their technical documentation than ever before. Now,...

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Online Access: Full Text (via O'Reilly/Safari)
Main Authors: Bellamy, Laura (Author), Carey, Michelle (Author), Schlotfeldt, Jenifer (Author)
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Language:English
Published: IBM Press, 2011.
Edition:1st edition.
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