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DITA
Definition
What DITA Means
DITA stands for
Darwin Information Typing Architecture
DITA organizes content as topics rather than documents, with maps defining which topics make up a deliverable and in what order. Conditional processing lets one source serve many variants.
Its distinguishing feature is specialization: a disciplined way to derive your own element types from the standard ones without breaking compatibility with generic tooling. DITA is adopted by choice, where S1000D is usually arrived at by contract, and that difference governs almost everything downstream including who decides when to migrate.
Also written: DITA XML, dita xml full form
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Related Terms
A standalone unit of content about a single subject, written to be understood without the surrounding document and reused in many.
CCMSA system that manages content as components rather than documents, tracking each piece, its versions, its relationships and where it is used.
S1000DThe international specification for producing technical publications from a common source database, used across aerospace, defense, land and sea programs.
XMLThe markup format underneath most modern documentation standards, where structure is explicit and can be validated against a schema.
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