Elkera XML Print for DITA
Self reliant, automated DITA print publishing
Traditionally, XML based print publishing applications require a
very high development effort. This has been a significant barrier to the use of
structured content for smaller enterprises or content management
teams.
Elkera XML Print smashes this barrier. Using
pre-developed style rules for DITA and other schema, Elkera XML Print makes it
easier than ever for documentation managers to design and publish high quality
documentation from XML content.
Document designers can now use Microsoft Word
as a page layout and styles designer for XML print publishing projects. Page
layout and style properties can be imported from the Word document into Elkera
XML Print style sheets without programming.
DITA support in Elkera XML Print
Elkera XML Print fully supports the DITA architecture with
pre-processing provided by the DITA Open Toolkit. Elkera XML Print supports
DITA specialization, map and
conref resolution plus conditional
processing.
Print publishing solutions based on the
DITA Open Toolkit and on XSL based applications are extraordinarily difficult
to customize to your specific requirements and to maintain on an ongoing basis.
A very high level of XSLT and XSL-FO expertise is required to make even simple
changes to the DITA Open Toolkit style sheets. It can be a formidable exercise
to plan and make all needed changes so your print application produces
precisely the outputs you expect and to adapt style sheets to meet changing
requirements.
Elkera is dedicated to solving these
problems. XML Print for DITA makes it easier than ever for documentation
managers to quickly adapt the included style sheets into tailored print
publishing applications without needing to learn new programming languages.
Elkera XML Print for DITA also enables documentation designers to quickly
modify print layouts to meet changing customer needs.
Elkera XML Print style sheets for DITA
Elkera XML Print for DITA provides a ready to go print publishing
solution for DITA content. It includes foundation style sheets that provide all
the common features required to produce product and user manuals plus article
style documents. Most changes to those style sheets can be made using the
visual styles design features of Elkera XML Print in Microsoft Word.
Documentation managers can use existing skills to quickly adapt the foundation
style sheets into tailored print publishing applications with minimal effort
and expense.
Elkera XML Print for DITA slashes development effort and makes it
easier than ever for documentation managers to publish high quality product and
user documentation from topic based DITA content.
