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Lightweight DITA: An Introduction published by #DITA TC

OASIS is pleased to announce the publication of “Lightweight DITA: An Introduction,” a Committee Note from the members of the OASIS Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) TC [1].

Lightweight DITA (LwDITA) is a simplified version of the Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA). In comparison to DITA 1.3, it has a smaller element type and attribute set, stricter content models, and a reduced feature set. It also defines mappings between XML, HTML5, and Markdown so that authors can collaborate and publish across different markup languages.

LwDITA is a work in progress. The Committee Note outlines the current plans in order to gain design clarity and receive feedback from potential users. Details may well change between the publication of this CN and release of Lightweight DITA as an OASIS specification.

The files and associated components can be accessed at:

Lightweight DITA: An Introduction Version 1.0
Committee Note 01
10 April 2018

HTML:
http://docs.oasis-open.org/dita/LwDITA/v1.0/cn01/LwDITA-v1.0-cn01.html

PDF:
http://docs.oasis-open.org/dita/LwDITA/v1.0/cn01/LwDITA-v1.0-cn01.pdf

DITA source:
http://docs.oasis-open.org/dita/LwDITA/v1.0/cn01/LwDITA-v1.0-cn01-DITA-source.zip

Grammar files:
http://docs.oasis-open.org/dita/LwDITA/v1.0/cn01/LwDITA-v1.0-cn01-grammars.zip

Sample LwDITA document:
http://docs.oasis-open.org/dita/LwDITA/v1.0/cn01/LwDITA-v1.0-cn01-samples.zip

Distribution ZIP files

For your convenience, OASIS provides a complete package of the Committee Note that you can download here:

http://docs.oasis-open.org/dita/LwDITA/v1.0/cn01/LwDITA-v1.0-cn01.zip

Members of the DITA TC approved this Committee Note by a Full Majority vote on 10 April 2018 as documented in the TC minutes [2].

Our congratulations to all the members of the TC.

========== Additional references:

[1] OASIS Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) TC
https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/dita/

[2] Approval
https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/document.php?document_id=62840&wg_abbrev=dita