Free Browser-Based WYSIWYG Online DITA Editor: DITA Storm
http://www.ditausers.org/
A combination of an online community for writers trying to learn to write DITA-style topic-based content, and a hosted online editor/workspace (kind of like a Wiki) for creating DITA content in a WYSIWYG environment, using just your web browser. Looks really interesting…
The editor by itself can apparently be had as open source at:
http://www.ditastorm.com/
though I’m not sure if this includes everything you get editingwise at the hosted site for managing topic maps, and I know this doesn’t include PDF and HTML generation (though the hosted site seems to).
Anyway– those who are curious about DITA might want to try this out; and maybe the software that hosts this is available somewhere… could be cheaper than a mainstream CMS. 
nodyad wrote:
FWIW, the DITA Storm editor is not open source–it is a proprietary editing component that can be integrated into any Web-based content collaboration application, such as a Wiki or web site with interactive content (such as DITAusers.org, and also the DITA Storm web site itself). I think that what you saw on the DITA Storm site is their free link to use the editor in standalone mode through your browser, which is a great way to get started in creating DITA topics without having to install anything!
The DITA Users site is a good example of how you could integrate the editor component in your own server-based application. You would use your own choice of CMS or file manager on the back end, whether free or commercial. I’d expect the “hosted site” application to be the kind of thing that could evolve in Open Source, incorporating whatever DITA editor component that suits your needs (for example, Xopus and XMAXX as other commercial, browser-based XML editors).
Posted on 05-Apr-07 at 9:50 am | Permalink
nodyad wrote:
Pardon if this appears twice. My first submit appeared not to “take.” I’ll give up after this.
FWIW, the DITA Storm editor is not open source–it is a proprietary editing component that can be integrated into any Web-based content collaboration application, such as a Wiki or web site with interactive content (such as DITAusers.org, and also the DITA Storm web site itself). I think that what you saw on the DITA Storm site is their free link to use the editor in standalone mode through your browser, which is a great way to get started in creating DITA topics without having to install anything!
The DITA Users site is a good example of how you could integrate the editor component in your own server-based application. You would use your own choice of CMS or file manager on the back end, whether free or commercial. I’d expect the “hosted site” application to be the kind of thing that could evolve in Open Source, incorporating whatever DITA editor component that suits your needs (for example, Xopus and XMAXX as other commercial, browser-based XML editors).
Posted on 05-Apr-07 at 9:55 am | Permalink