SWOT Analysis and DITA vs. DocBook

["Tsao, Scott" <scott.tsao@boeing.com>]

This is a good reference for the SWOT analysis: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SWOT_analysis

 

As I started contemplating on the SWOT analysis for DITA, I thought that this list of comparisons between DITA and DocBook may shed some lights: (in reverse-chronological order)

• DocTrain West 2008: DocBook vs. DITA: Will The Real Standard Please Stand Up?
  
• XML.com: Dita, DocBook and the Art of the Document
  
• Scotty's Engineering Log: more on DocBook vs. DITA
  
• DCLNews: DocBook versus DITA: Will the Real Standard Please Stand Up?
  
• dita.xml.org Bob Doyle's blog: DITA at the XML 2007 Conference
  
• The Rockley Blog: DITA - Not just a set of tags …
  
• dita.xml.org: How does DITA differ from DocBook?
  
• dita.xml.org: DITA Newsletter 1.1 - Bookmap vs. DITAbook vs. DocBook
  
• dita.xml.org Michael Priestley's blog: DITA and DocBook (Day 2 of DITA North America 2006)
  
• Norman.Walsh.name: DITA 2006
  
• Collaborative Strategies: Darwin vs. Microsoft...Again
  
• Lars Trieloff's Collaboration Weblog: DocBook vs. DITA
  
• FAQ about DITA: How does DITA differ from DocBook?
  

 

Regards,

 

Scott Tsao
Associate Technical Fellow
The Boeing Company