Topic-oriented Structuring

1 day

Concepts and strategies

Due to an ever-increasing extent of documentation, production costs have to be reduced while raising the quality at the same time. In addition, more flexibility is required for improved service to the user.
The right solution is topic-oriented structuring, which is already well known in the online help area. Its aim is to describe each subject in isolation and independent of context as a separate module, known as a topic. If the content is properly divided into such topics, it is easier to check its correctness and reuse specific parts of it. From a collection of “good” topics, you can then flexibly assemble documents according to your requirements for different target groups, aims and output media.

Course Aim After this course, you will know the principle of topic-oriented structuring and commonly used topic classes. Target Group Authors and others responsible for technical documentation. Prerequisites No particular knowledge required. Prices 310 EUR plus VAT Dates September 15, 2008 December 08, 2008 Register		Contents What is a topic? Linking topics Topic-based collections Structuring contents in topics Continuation Courses Online Documentation DITA (Darwin Information Typing Architecture) DITA and FrameMaker