Re: The State of DITA; was, I'm now blogging about Agile & TW

Subject: Re: The State of DITA; was, I'm now blogging about Agile & TW
From: Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com>
To: TECHWR-L Writing <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 14:38:43 -0800

In my last job, I was planning migration from FrameMaker to XMetal
Pro, and reckoned that our needs were simple enough that DocBook would
be adequate.

DITA seemed like more work that would pay off if the product line had
been more complex and/or we'd done more translations.

On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 12:50 PM, Leonard C. Porrello
<Leonard -dot- Porrello -at- soleratec -dot- com> wrote:
> Ed's post makes me wonder; how is DITA doing in the real world? Is
> adoption increasing, leveling off, or declining? What's the rate of DITA
> adoption failure? Are TW teams that successfully adopted DITA finding it
> worth while and sticking with it?
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References:
Re: I'm now blogging about Agile & TW: From: Robert Lauriston
Re: I'm now blogging about Agile & TW: From: Marguerite Krupp
RE: I'm now blogging about Agile & TW: From: Ed
Re: I'm now blogging about Agile & TW: From: John Posada
RE: I'm now blogging about Agile & TW: From: Ed
The State of DITA; was, I'm now blogging about Agile & TW: From: Leonard C. Porrello

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