To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=90382 Issue #|90382 Summary|darwin information type architecture DITA support Component|Word processor Version|OOo 2.4.0 Platform|Unknown URL| OS/Version|All Status|UNCONFIRMED Status whiteboard| Keywords| Resolution| Issue type|FEATURE Priority|P4 Subcomponent|formatting Assigned to|mru Reported by|hgkamath
------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Jun 5 01:03:02 +0000 2008 ------- DITA is primarily a way to author content in XML which enforces structure. It allows for topic reuse, and a piece of text written for one objective can be repurposed and included in another by just using a mapping file (as opposed to cutting and pasting required text from all the sources). Then by means of XSL transformations it applies styles to the validated XML documents. Then other software components render the style applied document tailored to a variety of formats on a variety of medium. ODF is one such open format, a very good one compared to of several formats open/proprietary, convenient for editing daily documents on a desktop. Writer is mainly for text processing, is targeted to an audience who need to create regular office documents. DITA is for situation where pieces of text from a vast number of sources need to be reused, which happens more often in software manuals, and other product documentations. DITA authoring overlaps into a domain that competes with XML editors, several of which already exist and are very good at what they do. However basic xml authoring can be provided so that DITA confirming XML documents can authored within the office. The benefit to openoffice/ODF is that if the DITA method as the primary means for authoring content, ODF can become a first preferred choice as a final format. Since the internals of ODF and openoffice are also XML based formats, it should be a direct add on component to allow structured editing, along lines of DITA architecture like maps, topics, references and other specializations. Being a odf user for a few years, and also having recently introduced myself to topic oriented writing in framemaker, I am filing this bug because a) Seem like ODF and DITA (darwin information type architecture) can complement one another. The don't compete in the same space, so there is no reason to preclude support for DITA. b) I didn't find a feature request while searching for DITA, please excuse me if there already is one. Its just reassuring to see an issue/feature request, oo.orgs and other's opinions, even if closed, than not see one. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
