Recent widespread interest in the Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) has accelerated adoption of this open, standards-based foundation for the creation of topic-oriented content. DITA’s information architecture is based on an OASIS standard for authoring topic-oriented content in XML. It provides an ideal platform to launch a well-managed information environment for product-related information deliverables. Add the Contenta content management system, and you have a truly robust environment for managing global product information.
Contenta and DITA are complementary components in a total solution. The DITA architecture, based on a highly modular approach, dovetails with Contenta’s object-oriented view of the world. Contenta has been applied to content reuse since its inception. Now, with an information architecture designed for that purpose, Contenta adds the value of tracking status, recording activity, and managing the collaboration required for creating information sets. Rather than relying on common conventions that may vary by group, companies can now automate workflow for all participants while safeguarding content in a managed environment.
The Contenta DITA Solution expands the capabilities of DITA by:
- Integrating with the authoring environment to make topic-creation easy.
- Managing references efficiently.
- Offering a scaleable content repository for handling a collection of DITA topics.
- Adding automated workflow and applying consistent business rules.
- Providing versioning and rollback capability.
- Incorporating other data formats into the managed environment.
- Eliminating redundant authoring.
- Dynamically assembling DITA topics into documents.
- Delivering content to multi-channel output formats with automatic DITA map creation.
- Managing translated DITA content and integrating with translation tools and processes.
- Enabling custom document assembly based on full text or metadata so authors can find, assemble and publish the right content.
