Refer to this file by the following public identifier or an appropriate system identifier public oasisdtd dita bookmapen delivered as file bookmap. To add a topic reference, select dita insert topic reference. Editing dita maps you can make changes to a dita map that you have created by checking the map out from the repository, making your changes, and then checking the map back into the repository. Preprocessing of map elements different in ditaot 2. The styletotag map enables an entirely or almostentirely configurationdriven transformation of styled word documents into dita based xml, specialized or not. You dont need to create a for the screen media and a for the.
Introduction to dita, the dita concept topic type, the dita task topic type, and the dita reference and glossary topic types. Authoring and publishing workflow using framemaker and robohelp. We encourage you to complete the other classes before taking this class. Darwin information typing architecture dita version 1. A dita map is basically a sequence of possibly nested topicref elements. Framemaker vs indesign tables of contents book building features and long document support document editing. This follows from how user stories map to dita task topics and lead to an emphasis on core tasks where the user doesnt have to wade through irrelevant content in order to get things done. The package also includes a stylesheet for merging all the documents referenced by a map into a single dita file. Dec 01, 2010 the element is a map specialization used to describe the relationships among a set of dita topics intended to be configured as a traditional book. The dita map and map group domain elements organize topics into hierarchies, groups, and relationships. Rightclick the dita map folder, and from the menu that displays, click open map. Rightclick the dita map title in the dita maps manager.
The tool suitable for your documentation depends on your requirements and that of your organization. Maps can reference topics or other maps, and can contain a variety of content types and metadata. Maps can guide users through their experience most often a dita map is only considered as a publications table of contents with some extra metadata and configuration setting added. A framemaker book is created based on the dita map.
A bookmap is a special kind of dita map that defines the major structures and setup information for producing maps of information as a book. Similarly, the other main topic types of concept, reference, and troubleshooting are deliberately structured boxes that should make a good technical. After a couple of hours deepdive im pretty sure that the preprocessing behaviour of populating the elements inside the preprocessed dita maps during mappull has changed. We even grabbed a laptop and tested out a tag or two. Five dita enthusiasts from companies such as jive software and netapp met for the first time on january 20th and discussed the first two chapters of dita best practices. Mar 22, 2017 demo of adobe framemaker, justsystems xmetal, and oxygen xml with dita maps.
In the doctype declaration change dita map to dita bookmap and map. This course builds on what you learned in the four preceding classes. Bookmaps are a specialisation of the base dita map information type. Link or import framemaker documents into a robohelp project. This fourlesson course introduces you to dita maps and bookmaps. Dita maps have unique attributes that are designed to control the way that relationships are interpreted for different output purposes. Conditional publishing based on the use of a val file is included. A map allows you to guide the relationships between. More formally, dita is an open standard that describes the architecture for creating and managing information that separates the content from the formatting, allows for a more streamlined content creation process, and. The generated book contains these converted framemaker documents in the same hierarchical structure as the dita map. As suggested by its name, a topicref is simply a reference or a pointer to a topic stored in a separate file of its own. These placeholders instructs the dita processing software to automatically. Dita is well supported by all the major commercial xml editors and xml component content management systems.
Jan 19, 2017 dita has a wellestablished ecosystem of supporting tools, both commercial and free open source, as well as an active and growing community of users, consultants, and tool providers. Bookmaps enable users to organize their dita information into front matter, parts, chapters, and back matter. Darwin information typing architecture dita is todays most powerful toolbox for constructing information. Configure a given map or topic type to include or exclude specific elements, either other topic types in the case of topics or specific element domains sets of mixin elements. If the topic is not an and the navtitle attribute is not set directly on the topic, then the title. Dec 01, 2010 the dita specification provides specialized map types. Each topic map in the dita map, gets added to the framemaker book in the xml format itself. The dita map view lists the topics that are included in a map. A dita bookmap is a useful variant of a map in which some specialized topicref elements. As such, it is useful to keep in mind the following guidelines.
Demo of adobe framemaker, justsystems xmetal, and oxygen xml with dita maps. Tools and solutions for print and online publishing. Export the published dita map and its referenced dita and nondita resources to a zip file. A wellorganized structure can go a long way in helping your reader find and understand information. The docx2dita transform is driven by a configuration file, the styletotag map. Dita code editing of dita best practices at the february 15th meeting of the pdx dita book club. Dita is explicitly architected to allow controlled extension from the base grammars so that you can do any of the following. Whats the difference between map and flatmap methods.
Open the book from the dita map document, dita map example. Displaying topic titles in the dita map view ixiasoft. However, there is a big difference between these two tools as they both use very different approaches. Hi all, in the dita fmx plugin developed by leximation, theres a feature called generate book from map. The advent of the extensible markup language xml and rapid adoption of topicbased content standards like dita have forced us to separate content from format and end our addiction to desktop publishing. Pdx dita a dita users group in the portland, oregon metro area.
Learn about the differences between dita maps and bookmaps. Now, three dita pioneers offer the first complete roadmap for successful dita adoption, implementation, and usage. A map can include relationship tables reltables that define hyperlinks between topics. Bookmaps consist of references to topics organized as book content. Adobe techcomm blog adobe dita world 2017 day 3 summary. Framemaker vs indesign for technical documentation comparison.
Mar 29, 2016 learn about the differences between dita maps and bookmaps. The streams returned by the flatmaps mapper are effectively concatenated. Dita language reference overview the design of the darwin information typing architecture dita is based on deriving multiple information types, or infotypes, from a common, generic topic. The dita specification provides specialized map types. Darwin information typing architecture dita is the best way to be smart about writing and publishing your business content. This language reference describes the elements that comprise the topic dtd and its initial, infotyped descendents. Attendees included dita enthusiasts from wacom and netapp. By implementing dita, organizations can gain more value from their technical documentation than ever before. Which is to say, a maps mapper lambda returns r, a flatmaps mapper lambda returns a stream of r stream. Define the scope of the transformationa file, all files in a folder, dita map, or all children of a book.
Create a variety of transformation scenarios by applying predefined or customized xslt to xml files, and execute them using a range of jaxpcompliant processors. Tools publish book in responsive html5 from dita map. It allows me to create a framemaker book from a dita map or bookmap and then do whatever i can do with any framemaker book, including create a pdf. A dita map is a container for topics used to transform a collection of content into a publication. Sep 10, 2012 you can use dita maps to plan your project create a dita map before you begin writing to help plan the topics you need for your deliverable. Guidelines for creating dita maps and bookmaps flowiki. If your map was created using such a dtd, then use this procedure to rename it. You dont need to create a map for the screen media and a for the print media. Like ditamaps, bookmaps are containers for structure and. If you follow the one topic per xml file rule, a single topic map map or depending on the complexity of the contents is all you need. The dita package includes xslt stylesheets that enable you, with a single command, to transform all the documents referenced by a map to html and build a table of contents that links to all of them. Both can be used to generate the output in html, pdf, and chm formats. The bookmap specialization of dita s standard dita map allows you to organize your dita topics into a collection that can be printed as a book or other paged layout.
When you link a framemaker book or ditamap, html files are not created until you define the project settings and generate the help topics. A dita map describes the relationships among a set of dita topics. Generating a book from dita map adobe support community. You can also edit the map using the main editing window. Books and other printed media are popular ways to present dita content.
It is useful to take some time to structure your information in your dita map. Link or import framemaker book or ditamap into a robohelp project. Publish book in responsive html5 from dita map how to publish my book in responsive html5 from a dita map document with framemaker. If you have created a book as a dita map document, you can publish the book in responsive html5 with framemaker as shown in this tutorial. By specializing the general dita map structure into the general structure and subject areas used by most book oriented dtds, bookmaps enable users to organize their dita information into front matter, parts, chapters, and so forth.
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