Astoria and Technical Information Standards

Enabling Technical Information Publishers with Support for Leading Standards

Astoria Software originated in the 1990's as the defacto content management solution used by military and military suppliers, as well as other early-adopter industries, all requiring a solution that supported the managing and publishing of structured technical information. Today, Astoria solutions have evolved to support the latest emerging and established information specifications adopted by the information standards organizations for many industries, including the ASD S1000D standard and the DITA XML standard.

Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) Standard

DITA is an architecture for creating topic-oriented, information-typed content that can be reused and single-sourced in a variety of ways. The DITA standard is a tested model with a broad community of support and adoption which mitigates the risk that companies will not be able to support their document structures and DTD's over time. Additional information on the DITA standard is available through the OASIS website. www.oasis-open.org/committees/dita/

Astoria's XML content management solutions support the Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) standard; DITA promotes content reuse and sharing and exchangability, as well as process automation. Astoria offers element level control and reuse, maximizing the benefits organizations can achieve by implementing the DITA standard.

Using DITA's topic-based, modular approach to creating information, organizations benefit in the following ways:

• Easy content interoperability across applications
• Reduced risk in managing evolving data structures
• Significant improvement in productivity through content reuse, particularly when repurposing content across web, help file, and printed materials.

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