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DITA Visual Specialization Manager released

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009 by Alexej Spas

On 14th of December our development team finished working on release of first public version of DITA Visual Specialization Manager.

DITA Visual Specialization Manager contains comprehensive modeling functions. In productivity area, it provides benefits in terms of lesser time, optimal quality of deliverables, and single-sourcing of the model by its ability to export DTD and XML Schema. The main features of this application are listed as follows:

  • Wizard-based Visual Editor for DITA specializations with support of structural, domain and attribute specializations
  • Import of existing specializations from DTD
  • DITA model validation (checking for validity of specialization)
  • Export of managed specializations to DTD or XML Schema
  • Export of Specializations in the form of DITA OT plug-in
  • Integration with version control

All these benefits and functionalities have been developed to give substantial support to Information Architects and Documentation Project Managers in designing and maintaining their DITA specializations. It is done by providing a wizard-based visual editor for DITA information
types. The development of these functionalities has been made possible through a mix of technological expertise and practical experience gained from various DITA projects.

Besides the standard commercial license for DITA Visual Specialization Manager, *instinctools offers a free-of-cost non-commercial license for development and maintenance of publicly available DITA Specializations and a time-limited evaluation license.

For first information on working with DITA Visual Specialization Manager for typical modeling tasks, we have provided tutorial videos for creating Model Projects, Shell DTDs, Structural and Domain DITA Specialization, and Export to DTD and DITA Open Toolkit on website: http://www.ditaworks.com/Vids.

Downloads for DITA Visual Specialization Manager (for evaluation and
non-commercial free-of-charge use) are available from http://www.ditaworks.com/dl.

For more information about DITA Visual Specialization Manager, please
visit http://www.ditaworks.com/modeling or write to info@instinctools.com.

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*instinctools to provide DITA Visual Specialization Manager free-of-charge

Friday, November 6th, 2009 by Alexej Spas

*instinctools GmbH has decided to provide free-of-cost licenses for its DITA Visual Specialization Manager, an application designed to make complex DITA specialization tasks easier to work with. These free licenses will be valid for unlimited time period but limited to the development and maintenance of open DITA Specializations e.g. specializations under OASIS for different industries such as Machine, Pharmaceutical etc. This offer is aimed at lowering the barriers to DITA usage and adoption. (more…)

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DITAworks presented on Eclipse Stammtisch in Stuttgart

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009 by Alexej Spas

On June 04, 2009 I gave a presentation on producing documentation for Eclipse RCP applications at Eclipse Stammtisch.

Presentation describes the issues in producing documentation for Eclipse RCP applications and how DITAworks addresses these issues by introducing single source publishing approach. Presentation addresses how certain specifics of Eclipse Help format are managed by DITAworks.

The event took place on the premises of Wirtschaftsfoerderung Region in Stuttgart and was organized by *instinctools GmbH in a joint effort with WeigleWilzcek, Eclipse Foundation and Wirtschaftsfoerderung Region Stuttgart.

You can download the presentation from the following link: Eclipse_stammtisch_2009_06_041

Thank you for everyone who attended the event and especially for Ralph Muller.

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Networked Teams - Intelligent Content

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009 by Alexej Spas

…is the motto of this year’s Single Source Forum.

On June 22, 2009 *instinctools will present released DITAworks 1.1 as an important innovation on the 9th Single Source Forum in Munich.

This event is an ideal opportunity for visitors from all kinds of business areas to get information on challenges and innovations in the documentation world.

This year, emphasis is placed on new developments in the provision of information. How suitable are Web 2.0 technologies for the documentation environment? How can clients be directly involved in the creation process? And how do collaboration platforms promote the exchange of information?

Answers to these questions are given by acclaimed field experts in the form of lectures and practice examples on themes such as virtual team work, collaborative tools and user involvement.

Professor Dr. Volker Markl from the Technical University of Berlin opens the program with an exciting insight into the intelligent search machines of tomorrow. To round off the day, a panel of experts from science and business will discuss the latest trends in technical documentation.

In the accompanying exhibition, renowned software manufacturers present their proven tools and interesting new developments.

Visit our booth on Single Source forum..

More about Single Source Forum

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DITAworks in beta-phase.

Sunday, March 1st, 2009 by Alexej Spas

I would like to announce that on 1st of March 2009, we are officially starting beta-testing phase for DITAworks product.

Beta-testing will be done by a group of interested parties from technical documentation service provider companies, end-customers and documentation professionals.

Main targets for beta-testing phase include:

  • Verifying the design and usability of product features with prospective real users, before the production release
  • Reducing inhibitors to new product (DITAworks) and technology (DITA) adoption
  • Finding any issues which were not previously identified by internal QA
  • Ensuring that the technical support operations will be prepared and functioning well to support the product upon its production release
  • Rolling out a competent and reliable software product which caters to the needs of the customers well

Main benefits for participating parties include:

  • Accessing a new and innovative product for evaluation
  • Providing inputs directly to Product and Development Managers for future enhancements and improvements
  • Possibility to influence priorities in functional development
  • Devising a technology/marketing strategy in advance with a foresight of new software in market, thereby staying a step ahead of competitors
  • Verifying the workability of product features in their environment
  • Attractive incentives including discounts or/and a “special treatment” clause for production releases
  • Reducing lead time in the roll out of the product in production environment

To enable beta-testing a special intermediate product version has been released: 0.9 beta. See detailed list of included functionality here.

This version will be available to parties participating in beta-testing phase only. Additionally support and feedback channels will be provided to beta-phase participants.

If you are interested in taking active part in beta-testing, please email to info[at]instinctools.com

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Welcome to DITAWorks Blog

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009 by Alexej Spas

Hello everybody! My name is Alexej Spas and I am Senior IT Manager at *instinctools GmbH. And on behalf of all the *instinctools team, I would like to welcome you to our new blog.

We open
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