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Content managers: extract the full benefits of structured authoring

Eric Kuhnen has written an article on structured authoring, focusing on DITA in particular. To quote:

DITA's design for content reusability is akin to an interchangeable part in manufacturing. In industrial manufacturing, a part is considered interchangeable if each and every copy is identical to the original. In content manufacturing, an interchangeable part is a reusable, self-contained topic. When the topic is needed in a new publication, the writer inserts a pointer to the archived original; no cut-n-paste; no editing to fit context. DITA gives technical publication managers one of the key technologies to establishing a true content assembly line: the interchangeable part.

Posted by jamesr on February 08, 2008 01:18 PM
Categories: Content management