The document discusses a project using DITA and other XML technologies to create a series of books on various topics. The project aims to provide a common vocabulary for different disciplines and demonstrate the value of intelligent content and supporting technologies like DITA and DocBook. Contributors will provide content that is converted to different formats and published as print, ebooks, and a website using an expeDITA DITA to DocBook conversion and publishing process. The document outlines the book structure, deliverables, production process, and asks for any questions.

1. DITA and Wikis
DON DAY, DONDAY@LEARNINGBYWROTE.COM
RICHARD HAMILTON, HAMILTON@XMLPRESS.NET

2. Agenda
•The Language of project – history and
objectives
•The DITA technology – expeDITA
•The rest of the technology – DocBook, et al.
•Your questions...

3. In Development
 The Language of Business Storytelling
 The Language of Cyber Security
 The Language of Data Visualization
 The Language of Localization
A collaboration between
The Content Wrangler
and
XML Press
The Language of Project

4. More to
come...
Additional Series Titles

5. Project Objectives
•Provide a common vocabulary for a discipline
•Give contributors visibility
•Demonstrate the value of intelligent content
•Demonstrate multiple supporting technologies
•Dive more deeply into selected topics, e.g.:
• Intelligent content
• Localization/globalization
• Content strategy and content management

6. Language of Book Structure
•52 terms in 4-5 categories
•Terms range from basic to cutting edge
•Each contributor owns one term
•Each term has:
• One-sentence definition
• One-paragraph statement of importance
• 250-word essay on why a practitioner needs to know
the term

7. Project Deliverables – Print

8. Project Deliverables – eBook

9. Project Deliverables – Web

10. Production (current)
expeDITA DITA
Convert to
DocBook
DocBook
DocBook
Stylesheets
Ebook
Print
Web
Contributor
Input
Book
Deliverables
External
Website
(WordPress)

11. expeDITA DITA
Convert to
DocBook
DocBook
DocBook
Stylesheets
Ebook
Print
Contributor
Input
Book
Deliverables
External
Website
Production (future)

12. Demonstration
SEE SPEAKER NOTES FOR THE DEMO SCRIPT

24. Questions?
•And catch us later to dive deep on:
• Adding a new compendium
• How facilitators develop outlines and contacts
• How the framework manages DITA as content
• How the specialized structure helps drive the
workflow
• Benefits of publishing from XML source

25. DITA and Wikis
DON DAY, DONDAY@LEARNINGBYWROTE.COM
RICHARD HAMILTON, HAMILTON@XMLPRESS.NET