Project roadmap

The first course, Introduction to DITA, is intended for people who have no previous knowledge of DITA.

The second course is the first in a series on DITA authoring, which includes:

• The DITA concept topic type
• The DITA task topic type
• The DITA reference and glossary topic types

The fifth course, Using DITA maps and bookmaps, introduces people to maps, bookmaps, and relationship tables.

The sixth course, Introduction to reuse in DITA, introduces the concepts of reuse, including writing reusable topics, reusing topics and maps, and using content references.

These courses use hands-on practice to introduce elements and help people start authoring in DITA. The Introduction to DITA course is a prerequisite for these courses.

Here are the plans for additional courses. If you would like to contribute to one of these courses, please add your name.

Publishing DITA content

How to go from DITA to PDF, HTML, and more.

Reuse

There were more topics in reuse than could be reasonably covered in a single course, so we divided it into two courses:

• "Introduction to reuse in DITA", which covers writing for reuse, reusing topics and maps, and content references (this course is now available).
• "Advanced topics in DITA reuse", which covers keys, advanced content references, and conditional filtering.

easyDITA has contributed the foundation material for these courses.

What's new in DITA 1.3

• Troubleshooting
• XML Mention

In progress: Keith Schengili-Roberts of IXIASOFT is working on this. More to come over time.

Specialization

Metadata/subjectScheme

Learning content in DITA

DITA learning specialization, how to create learning content and assessments

Localization

Best practices and strategies for DITA localization.