{"product_id":"dita-for-practitioners-volume-1-architecture-and-technology-9781937434069","title":"DITA for Practitioners Volume 1: Architecture and Technology","description":"DITA expert Eliot Kimber takes you inside the DITA XML standard, explaining the architecture and technology that make DITA unique. \u003cp\u003e Volume 1 of his two-volume exploration of DITA starts with a hands-on explanation of end-to-end DITA processing that will get you up and running fast. Then, he explores the DITA architecture, explaining maps and topics, structural patterns, metadata, linking and addressing, keys and key references, relationship tables, conditional processing, reuse, and more. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Kimber's unique perspective unwraps the puzzle that is DITA, explaining the rationale for its design and structure, and giving you an unvarnished, detailed look inside this important technology. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Inside the Book: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Where Do I Start? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eBackground and history of the DITA standard\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEssential background for practitioners\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTerminology\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e End to End DITA Processing: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eSetting up your development environment\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAuthoring, managing, and producing a DITA-based publication\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRunning, configuring and customizing the Open Toolkit.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e An Overview of the DITA Architecture: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eVocabulary composition and specialization\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMaps and topics\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eStructural patterns in DITA\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eLinking and addressing\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe content reference facility\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFiltering and Flagging\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSubjectScheme maps\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e About the Author \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Eliot Kimber is Senior Solutions Architect with RSI Content Solutions. He leads publishers through content management implementations, XML and desktop publishing applications, DITA requirements and standardization, and information and process analyses. He is fluent in XML, XSLT, XSL-FO, DTD development, XML Schema, XPath, XQuery, XInclude, Xlink, and other information management and publishing standards. As a member of the DITA Technical Committee at OASIS Open, he has been a leader in developing the DITA standard since its earliest days, and continues to be a driving force for the evolution and adoption of DITA.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"XML Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50516570145042,"sku":"9781937434069","price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c32a28ef-c8c3-46f6-9ce0-9a27a7a9ff86.jpg?v=1731028022","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/dita-for-practitioners-volume-1-architecture-and-technology-9781937434069","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}