Description
The new release management domain in DITA 1.3 should prove to be a welcome addition for technical documentation departments seeking a solution for the problem of producing accurate release note content. As content is intended to be added at the topic and map level as it is being written, technical writers no longer have to rely on memory alone to document the major changes of a release. The date and time information embedded in the release management content allows for scripts to programmatically select only those comments that are pertinent to a given release, while still keeping information about all successive significant changes over the development of a product. Additional, optional information relating to bug tracking systems, the change requesters, and related information allows for tie-ins to external systems, and for authors to easily determine the source of significant changes. In short, the release management domain provides a convenient process for automatically and reliably handling release-specific information.
