I'm currently evaluating a variety of tools and solutions with an aim to
moving the team to some form of single source process.
We have looked at, and like, DITA, and will be using that as the basis for
our content.
However trying to find an end-to-end solution is proving hard, or perhaps
I'm looking in the wrong places?
My belief is we need a database (CMS) to hold the content (as XML chunks),
an editing application (FrameMaker?) as well as a set of rules to transform
the XML into something editable (or we get an XML editor like... XMetal?).
We then need publishing engines to convert the XML to PDF, JavaHelp, HTML
etc.
Ohh and we need to maintain three different versions (releases) of the
documentation set.
The DITA side I've done a lot of research on, we have the beginnings of an
Information Model and have planned out how we will specialise the schema for
our own use.
It's the tooling side that seems wide open. I've looked at the Open Toolkit
but (and this may be a strange admission for a TECHNICAL writer) it's a
little heavy on the tech side.
So, in short, I'm looking for any/all recommendations in this area. If you
have a DITA based publishing system in place, with version control, I'd love
to hear about it!
Gordon
P.S. This is not an excuse for vendors to cold call me!
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