Vasont DITA Content Management System: Information-Based XML Content Management
The DITA (Darwin Information Typing Architecture) standard is a set of design principles for creating reusable, information-based topics that are then combined and published in multichannel deliverables. The Vasont DITA Content Management System focuses on the DITA standard by providing DITA-specific functionality and reporting within the CMS.
DITA XML Content Management System for Topic-Based Writing
The Vasont DITA CMS supports topic-based writing using DITA and XML in a component content management system, making it most suitable for managing technical documentation. Topics are written and then reused in various DITA maps to create consistently messaged publications.
In addition to the unique functionality of the perpetual Vasont CMS model, the Vasont DITA Content Management System provides additional DITA-specific features:
- Searchable components and attributes with no special processing
- Intelligent interaction between source and target conrefs
- Management of multiple active branches of maps and topics simultaneously
- Viewing and batch processing of a map and its corresponding topics
- Related topic and map level workflows to control publishing of incomplete or unapproved content
- Conditional content filtering and processing based on properties defined in the DITA model or other metadata configured in the Vasont CMS
- Reporting on missing or broken DITA references to prevent errors in publishing
- Integration with the free DITA Open Toolkit for publishing to PDF, compiled help and other deliverables