easyDITA is a software application that provides a complete DITA

DITA

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 Documentation

Documentation

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 solution for Information Developers who are working in Component-based systems, or "Topic-based authoring

Topic-based authoring

Topic-based authoring is a modular content creation approach that supports XML content reuse, content management, and makes the dynamic assembly of personalized information possible....

", using the DITA

DITA

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 (Darwin Information Typing Architecture) XML

XML

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 format. easyDITA is usually delivered in a SaaS (Software as a Service

Software as a Service

Software as a service , sometimes referred to as "on-demand software," is a software delivery model in which software and its associated data are hosted centrally and are typically accessed by users using a thin client, normally using a web browser over the Internet.SaaS has become a common...

) mode, but is also deployed to servers on private networks. Authors, reviewers, component managers and publishers work in a browser.

easyDITA's name is a response to the complaint that DITA systems were formerly created by integrating two or more software applications from different software vendors.

Component Publishing

easyDITA is used by organizations that publish information as sets of components. Typically publishers alter the set of components and their format according to the requirements of a particular class of readers. For example, components could be selected for technicians working on a specific configuration of a machine, or a specific software platform and version. These sets of components, or "DITA topics" are known as "DITAmaps".

The document that results from a DITAmap could be represented, automatically and simultaneously, as composed pages (a book), as an interactive help system, as a series of web pages, as an app or ePub on a hand-held device, and in many other formats and styles.

Industries

• software
• vehicle and equipment manufacturing
• marketing and catalog publishing
• medical and pharmaceutical manufacturing
• chemical manufacturing
• semi-conductor manufacturing
• business-to-business processing
• government, public agencies and charities
• banking systems and services
• education

Specification and Architecture

easyDITA supports all of the DITA 1.2 specification, and exploits DITA's characteristic features: topic orientation and topic typing; content linking, reference, and reuse; conditional text; meta-data management; DITAmaps, and domain specialization of XML elements.

easyDITA's component management and collaborative review capabilities are built on the open-source eXist

EXist

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 native XML database

XML database

An XML database is a data persistence software system that allows data to be stored in XML format. This data can then be queried, exported and serialized into the desired format.Two major classes of XML database exist:...

 (NXD). Its publishing capabilities are based on the DITA OT (DITA Open Toolkit) with its plug-in specialization architecture.

easyDITA's browser-based topic authoring interface, its Component Content Manager and DITAmap editor, its Review and Versioning systems, and its publishing system, all make use of XQuery

XQuery

- Features :XQuery provides the means to extract and manipulate data from XML documents or any data source that can be viewed as XML, such as relational databases or office documents....

, Java

Java

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, and Javascript

JavaScript

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, using the REST

Rest

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, WebDAV

WebDAV

Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning is a set of methods based on the Hypertext Transfer Protocol that facilitates collaboration between users in editing and managing documents and files stored on World Wide Web servers...

, and XMLRPC protocols.