#34722
DITA maps provide a mechanism for ordering topics and creating a topic hierarchy. Because DITA maps consist of lists of references to topics, you can reorganize the content in a deliverable simply by changing the order of the topic references. You can create different maps referencing the same source topics to create two deliverables to meet different users' needs.
Linton, Jen. ComTech Services (2006). Presentations>Information Design>XML>DITA
#35013
DITA Conversion: How it Saved us 100 Grand, for Starters--A Case Study in DITA for Globalization
How a multi-national, regulated medical device company planned its migration to a DITA CMS by identifying stakeholders and defining personas, establishing a high-level process and system requirements, developing a content model, and figuring out what to do with legacy documents.
Linton, Jennifer. DCL (2007). Articles>Information Design>DITA>Case Studies
#35014
Now That We've Got Dita Up and Running, What's Next?
Focuses on an overall process identification methodology and its eight phases, and documents both the technical and business processes undertaken to successfully launch the new CMS/TMS system, called GEM (Globalization and English Management System). Includes what CaridianBCT learned from previous efforts and describes the various approaches and pilot phase that were adopted to support the new GEM system in future efforts.
Linton, Jennifer. DCL (2008). Articles>Information Design>DITA>Case Studies
