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Vasont Content Management System Supports DITA and Custom DTDs
Vasont Systems, a provider of content management software and data services, announced that the Vasont Content Management System easily supports Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) as well as other custom DTDs. As a single-source content management system, Vasont enables organizations to utilize XML and store content in any language at the "chunk" level, one time, for maximum reuse and multi-channel delivery. Those existing features, among others, make it ideal for organizations that use DITA. Vasont is also able to support custom DTDs for organizations that have developed their own as opposed to moving to an industry standard.
Created by IBM, DITA is an open standard, XML-based architecture for authoring and publishing technical information. It helps content creators structure information into useful topic "chunks" in a consistent way. Because DITA DTDs are standard, they can be cheaper to maintain.
"Vasont is especially effective with DITA because our system has always dealt with content on a modular level," said Jack Danaher, Director of Development for Vasont Systems. "A key strength of DITA is its 'CONREF' attribute that provides a mechanism for reuse of content fragments and works towards replacing referencing components with referenced components. Vasont has a "pointer" component that provides the same functionality. The Vasont pointer is bidirectional and provides automated processes to manage change in a modular content environment, providing greater control over your content. This and other refinements make using DITA with Vasont a very productive environment."
Designed to improve productivity and time-to-market of products, Vasont makes it easy for organizations to manage their multilingual technical documentation and business information. The system's comprehensive single- source functionality stores content once, ensuring accuracy and increasing the efficiency of repurposing content to multiple media formats. 12.07.2005, Vasont Systems
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