Summary of Part VI: Key Takeaways

  • DITA supports true single-source publishing across various formats like HTML, PDF, ePub, and content delivery platforms.
  • The DITA Open Toolkit (DITA-OT) is the primary tool for transforming DITA content into these deliverables.
  • Translation is significantly more efficient in DITA due to modular content, clear content boundaries, and reusable components that only need translation once.
  • The translation="no" attribute allows specific content to be excluded from translation workflows.
  • Output formats and presentation are highly customizable through mechanisms like XSL-FO templates, CSS, JavaScript, and DITA-OT plugins.