OASIS Member News: Inmedius Introduces DITA Storm Desktop

[Kelly Jester <kjester@inmedius.com>]

Inmedius® Introduces DITA Storm™ Desktop
Standalone, DITA Editor with Single Source Publishing

Pittsburgh, PA - May 6, 2008  Inmedius, Inc. is pleased to announce DITA Storm™  Desktop, the complete standalone XML editing solution to easily create and publish DITA (Darwin Information Typing Architecture) documents in a self-contained environment on a single workstation.  Installed locally on the end user's computer, files are accessed, edited, saved and published from local or network drives, regardless of Internet connectivity.  With WYSIWYG editing capabilities, authors with little or no DITA or XML knowledge can create valid, structured content in Desktop's intuitive authoring environment.

"Desktop fills a major void in the current market by providing an affordable, standalone XML editor with out-of-the-box DITA functionality," stated Alex Karezin, Senior Product Architect, Inmedius, Inc.  "Additionally, this is the first multi-platform DITA editor that runs on Mac OS™, Windows Vista™, Windows® and Linux® operating systems."

All from the convenience of the user's desktop and in one simple solution, quickly and easily create and publish DITA-compliant documentation from a single source to multiple popular output formats, including; Adobe® Acrobat® PDF, Microsoft® Office Word, XHTML, HTML Help, JavaHelp™ and Eclipse™ Help.

Desktop is the second software application released in the Inmedius DITA Storm™ Suite. The Suite provides four distinct solutions to create, manage and publish DITA documentation from an intuitive, embeddable component to an editor within a full-featured management tool.  DITA Storm™ Developer, a Web-based, embeddable DITA editor was released in March and is available for immediate delivery via the Inmedius Online Store at store.inmedius.com.  DITA Storm™ Professional and DITA Storm™ Enterprise will be released over the next several months.

A single-user license of Desktop is $395 (US Dollars).  To learn more about Desktop and the entire DITA Storm Suite, visit www.inmediusDITA.com, where you can access product resources; including, the interactive DITA Storm Online XML Editor, detailed literature and software demonstrations.  

See the DITA Storm Suite at DocTrain West in Vancouver, BC on May 6 - 9, 2008.  Inmedius is a proud sponsor of the event, which gives technical communication professionals an opportunity to learn valuable new skills, understand important emerging technologies and improve the usefulness of the information products they create.  Attendees visiting the Inmedius booth will receive a free Inmedius Guide to DITA Topic Types Mouse Pad and DITA Storm Suite Brochure.

About DITA  An XML-based, end-to-end architecture for creating, producing and delivering topic-oriented, information-typed content that can be reused and single sourced in multiple ways.  DITA consists of a set of design principles for creating "information-typed" modules at a topic level, and for using that content in delivery modes such as online help and product support portals on the Web.  The development and promotion of DITA is led by OASIS® (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards), of which Inmedius is a sponsor.  Learn more at www.oasis-open.org 

About Inmedius  Headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, with offices in Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia and India, Inmedius is a global leader in delivering innovative, performance-oriented applications and services that capture, create, manage and deploy information assets.  Inmedius provides S1000D, DITA and Content Management lifecycle solutions for publishing, aerospace, defense, government, manufacturing, legal, and financial organizations worldwide. www.inmedius.com  

Inmedius is a registered trademark and DITA Storm Desktop, DITA Storm Developer, DITA Storm Professional, DITA Storm Enterprise and the DITA Storm Suite are trademarks of Inmedius, Inc.  All other company names, products, trademarks and service marks are the property of their respective holders.  Companies mentioned do not imply endorsement.