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Step by step process to create new DITA project
Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 6:50 pm
by nant
Newbie here.
Trying to learn how to work with XML Author to create DITA based documentation.
Is there a simple step by step process on how to create an empty document?
What should I create first?
A project?
What kind of project?
What next?
A simple primer article would really help here.
Re: Step by step process to create new DITA project
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 11:24 am
by Radu
Hi,
We do not have a specific template for creating a DITA project but we'll consider adding one.
Basically a DITA project on disk consists of a DITA Map file (which references a sequence of DITA topics) and DITA topics which can be of different types (usually "topic", "task", "concept" and "reference").
Such files can be created by using the
New... toolbar action and by quick searching for the word "DITA".
We have some DITA samples in the Oxygen samples project.
For example you can try to open in Oxygen this DITA Map:
OXYGEN_INSTALL_DIR/samples/dita/flowers/flowers.ditamap
You will have the possibility either to open it in the DITA Maps Manager (and see it in a TOC manner) or in the main editor and see how its XML structure looks like.
We also have a video demonstration section on our web site:
http://www.oxygenxml.com/videos.html
and my recommendation for getting started would be these 2 videos:
http://www.oxygenxml.com/demo/DITA_Maps_Manager.html
and:
http://www.oxygenxml.com/demo/DITA_Editing.html
You can see an answer (which has some interesting links) to a similar question here:
http://www.oxygenxml.com/forum/topic3329.html
The part from our user manual (also created using DITA) describing DITA editing can be found here:
http://www.oxygenxml.com/doc/ug-oxygen/ ... -dita.html
Regards,
Radu
Re: Step by step process to create new DITA project
Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2020 1:27 pm
by sorin_carbunaru
Hello,
I know this is a very old thread, but I thought someone might find it, therefore I want to announce that Oxygen 23 comes with project templates support. We even have a couple of templates for DITA
.
Best wishes,
Sorin Carbunaru
Oxygen XML Editor