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Join colleagues from around the world for two days of career-empowering knowledge, practices, networking, and practical solutions. With insights from nearly 50 presenters, Tools Demonstrations in the Technology Test Kitchen, an exhibit hall packed with the best content management solutions, and the very best in industry networking.

DITA Europe is designed with your specific needs in mind—providing strategies you can use immediately as you create and manage technical content, and expanding your professional network with information development experts from around the world.

This event offers:

• 2 full days of sessions, changing every 40 minutes
• tools demonstrations in the Technology Test Kitchen
• Content management solutions representatives and the very best in industry networking

DITA Europe is designed with your specific needs in mind—providing strategies you can use immediately as you create and manage technical content.

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Telstra Health, Perth, Australia

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Join colleagues from around the world for two days of career-empowering knowledge, practices, networking, and practical solutions. With insights from nearly 50 presenters, 17 Sessions in the Technology Test Kitchen, an exhibit hall packed with the best content management solutions, and the very best in industry networking.

This year we’ll be in Helsinki, Finland! It may be cold and dark outside, but inside enjoy the warmth of friends and colleagues and the enlightening presentations of industry professionals.

DITA Europe is designed with your specific needs in mind—providing strategies you can use immediately as you create and manage technical content, and expanding your professional network with information development experts from around the world.

Those new to content management and/or DITA will find guidance for starting their journey, while for experts, our program offers ways to continue pushing the boundaries. Join us for a chance to share what you already know and find out about things you don’t!

DITA Europe is a dual-track conference of 40-minute sessions.

Total of 24 sessions, 12 Sessions in the Technology Test Kitchen, content management solutions representatives, and the very best in industry networking, DITA Europe is designed with your specific needs in mind—providing strategies you can use immediately as you create and manage technical content.

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By Stilo Corporation (September 20, 2023)

In the world of technical communication and content management, the need for efficient, user-friendly tools is ever-evolving. One such tool that promises to revolutionize the way we create, manage, and distribute content in the DITA XML format is ChatGPT, a state-of-the-art language model developed by OpenAI. In this blog, we will explore how ChatGPT is set to transform the DITA XML landscape, making authoring and documentation more accessible and efficient than ever before.

What is DITA XML?

Before delving into how ChatGPT will impact DITA XML, let’s briefly understand what DITA XML is. DITA (Darwin Information Typing Architecture) is an open standard for structuring, organizing, and publishing technical content. It’s commonly used in industries like software documentation, healthcare, manufacturing, and aerospace to create structured documents that can be easily reused and repurposed across different platforms.

DITA XML allows authors to break down content into small, reusable “topics” and then assemble them into comprehensive documents using a defined hierarchy. This structured approach improves content consistency, facilitates collaboration among authors, and simplifies localization and content reuse.

The Challenge of DITA XML Authoring

While DITA XML is a powerful standard for content management, authoring in DITA XML can be challenging for several reasons:

• Steep Learning Curve: Learning the intricacies of DITA XML and its associated tools can be time-consuming and challenging for new authors.
• Complex Markup: DITA XML requires authors to add complex markup tags, making the content creation process less intuitive.
• Content Reuse: While DITA XML promotes content reuse, identifying and retrieving reusable content can be cumbersome.
• Collaboration: Collaborative authoring and review processes can be challenging, especially when authors are not well-versed in XML.

How ChatGPT Will Revolutionize DITA XML

ChatGPT is poised to address these challenges and revolutionize DITA XML authoring and documentation in several ways:

• Simplified Authoring: ChatGPT makes authoring in DITA XML more accessible by providing a user-friendly, natural language interface. Authors can simply describe their content requirements in plain language, and ChatGPT can generate the necessary DITA XML markup, reducing the learning curve for new authors.
• Automated Markup: ChatGPT can automatically generate DITA XML markup, reducing the need for authors to manually insert tags. This automation streamlines the authoring process and reduces the risk of markup errors.
• Content Suggestions: ChatGPT can suggest relevant topics and content components based on the author’s input, promoting content reuse and consistency. Authors can easily locate and incorporate existing content into their documents.
• Real-time Collaboration: ChatGPT enables real-time collaboration among authors by providing a collaborative environment where multiple users can work on DITA XML documents simultaneously. This feature enhances productivity and teamwork.
• Quality Assurance: ChatGPT can assist in quality assurance by checking DITA XML documents for consistency, completeness, and compliance with industry standards. It can flag potential issues and offer suggestions for improvement.
• Integration with Existing Tools: ChatGPT can seamlessly integrate with existing DITA XML authoring and content management tools, enhancing their functionality and making the transition to a more efficient workflow smoother.

The advent of ChatGPT is poised to revolutionize DITA XML authoring and documentation. By simplifying the authoring process, automating markup, facilitating content reuse, enabling real-time collaboration, and enhancing quality assurance, ChatGPT empowers technical communicators to create structured, high-quality content more efficiently than ever before.

As organizations seek to optimize their content management processes and improve documentation quality, ChatGPT offers a promising solution to meet these evolving needs in the world of DITA XML authoring. Embracing this technology may very well be the key to staying ahead in the dynamic field of technical communication and content management.

About Stilo Corporation
Stilo develops tools to help organizations automate the conversion of content to XML and build XML content processing components integral to enterprise-level publishing solutions. Operating from Canada, Stilo supports commercial publishers, technology companies and government agencies around the world in their pursuit of structured content. For more information, visit https://www.stilo.com/about.

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