DITA Consortium Japan

DITA Promotion and Marketing Working Group

Sat, 15 Feb 2014 04:54:40 +0900

Activity Aims

To promote DITA, it is important to offer propositions not only from a technical aspect, but also from the aspects of business processes and organization. There has been no use case worldwide in which DITA was adopted by insisting only on its technological aspects. It is essential to also show the changes that DITA will bring.
This Working Group collects information that is used as the basis for promoting DITA inside and outside of Japan. The information that is published is useful and includes publishing for translation as well as outside information.

DITA Pandemic Working Group

Sat, 15 Feb 2014 04:51:24 +0900

Activity Aims

To promote DITA, it is necessary to publish the outcomes of research conducted by Working Groups and to spread the use of these outcomes.
This Working Group attempts to find the most optimal and effective method to generate enthusiasm for adopting DITA.

Expected Outcomes

– Create joint research reports with related organizations
– Create and organize materials to introduce DITA
– Plan and hold DITA training and conferences
– Plan DITA introduction and education skill standards

Information Architecture Working Group (IAWG)

Sat, 15 Feb 2014 05:00:27 +0900

Activity Aims

For DITA to be introduced successfully, key points include reconstructing information on the basis of the DITA architecture and implementing content (map design and topic creation).

The purpose of this Working Group is to contribute to the successful promotion and introduction of DITA in Japan, by researching optimal design methods and hands-on methods for DITA and by creating guidelines and skill standards to improve the user experience quality of DITA.

Writing Guide Production Working Group

Sat, 15 Feb 2014 04:56:08 +0900

Activity Aims

The purpose of this Working Group is to provide guidebooks and sample documents to create technical documents, such as product documentation.

Expected Outcomes

– Translate into Japanese materials regarding topic-based authoring (August 2009)
– Japanese DITA source files based on the DITA 1.1 Architecture Specification (August 2009)
– A writing guide (March 2010)
– A guidebook of DITA-related tools (October 2009)

Planned Activities in this Fiscal Year

– Hold monthly meetings
– Research and create a writing guide; this activity will be performed by each respective member outside of meeting times
– Hold study groups to improve skills as required

DITA AI Study Group

Sat, 19 Oct 2024 04:39:08 +0900

Objective

The interest in Generative AI at corporations has been increasing and this trend is also spreading to DITA world.
In this group we study the possibility of how to utilize Generative AI in the introduction and operation of DITA.
We hope our research makes DITA introduction easier and improves DITA operation, and thats our mission.

Study Topic

Research how to utilize Generative AI, use cases, and study based on research questions tailored in Japan market.

Content Localization Working Group

Sat, 15 Feb 2014 04:58:08 +0900

Activity Aims

This Working Group researches the optimal methodology for content localization with DITA and promotes DITA-based content localization.

Expected Outcomes

– Issues regarding content localization with DITA
– Workarounds and prerequisites for the issues stated above

Planned Activities in this Fiscal Year

– From June to August 2009: Find any issues regarding content localization with DITA
1) Define the localization processes
2) Define each character (role) on each process
3) Find assumed issues for each process and role
– From September 2009 onwards: Narrow down issues and start considering workarounds
– Implementation plan:
1) Lay out a verification plan (verify with a pilot project if possible)
2) Perform verification (with a pilot project) according to the plan
3) Measure the effects and report the results
4) Lay out the next plan

Technical Information Collection and Provision Working Group

Sat, 15 Feb 2014 05:00:22 +0900

Activity Aims

Although the word “DITA” itself is becoming known in Japan, its actual specifications are not so well known or precisely understood.
One reason is that “DITA” is perceived to be complicated, and available information in Japanese has been relatively scarce up to now.
The purpose of this Working Group is to translate into Japanese information from outside of Japan, such as OASIS documentation, and publish it.
A glossary to unify terms for translation into Japanese is also scheduled to be created.

Admissions

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Organization of Members
1. General members: organizations that join as corporations, profit organizations and institutions
2. Academic members: organizations that join as educational corporations and research institutes (required to submit a subscription form annually)
3. Individual members: persons that join as individuals

Individual members are, in principle, sole proprietors or students. Any person who belongs to any organization who wishes to join as an individual must contact the Secretariat.

Annual Membership Fees

Bylaws

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Bylaws of DITA Consortium Japan

February 12, 2009

SECTION 1

GENERAL

Article 1. Name

The name of this Consortium is the “DITA Consortium Japan”.

Article 2. Office

The principal office of the Consortium shall be located in the Secretariat prescribed in Article 38.

Article 3. Purposes

This Consortium is a non-profit organization that aims to carry out DITA educational and promotional activities in Japan, and to create new values and new markets for information technology in Japanese industry. For such purposes, the Consortium centralizes technical and case information on DITA from inside and outside of Japan, carrying out information provision and educational activities for users in a unified manner, and promotes the development of DITA technology by educating DITA engineers and researching the standardization and optimization of DITA technology.

Contact

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DITA Consortium Japan Secretariat:

E-mail: info@dita-jp.org
TEL: (+81)80-5051-7133
Tetsuyoshi Kato

Disclaimer

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Disclaimer
While the information that is contained on this website has been checked carefully, DITA Consortium Japan makes no guarantee as to the accuracy of its content. DITA Consortium Japan is not responsible for any damages resulting from the use of this website and its content.
DITA Consortium Japan is also not responsible for any damages resulting from websites that pretend to be this website.
The URLs of the website and information on the website are subject to change without prior notice.

DITA User Association

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This is a research organization for Japanese end-user organizations to share practical know-how regarding the introduction and operation of DITA.
The activities of this association are supported by DITA Consortium Japan.

Activities

Report and discuss research on predetermined themes at monthly meetings
Exchange information through exclusive social networking services (SNS) or email
Present the outcomes of research at “DITA Festa”, a seminar hosted by DITA Consortium Japan

Activity History

This association was officially inaugurated in July 2011.

Membership

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Administrative Members

Antenna House, Inc.
LLC Art Darwin
IXIASOFT Technologies inc.
SDL Japan K.K.

General members

Yokogawa Electric Corporation
CMC XMANICOM Co., Ltd.
NEXTSOLUTION CO., LTD.
CHUOZUKEN Co., Ltd.
Knowledge on Demand Inc.
ITP INC.
Mazda Ace Co.,Ltd.
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Reknowledge Corporation

Academic members

Future University Hakodate

Mission Statement

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A decade has passed since the emergence of XML. XML is now considered the established common data format across systems. However, its actual value as a format to integrate and reuse corporate content has not yet been fully realized.

The globalization of economic activities has led organizations to offer products and services worldwide and in multiple languages. This new reality forces all organizations to significantly increase their documentation productivity by reducing the time it takes to create and publish documents.

Organization and Administrative Members

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Organization Chart

Administrative Members

Directors

Tokushige Kobayashi, President, Antenna House, Inc.

Tetsuyoshi Kato, President, LLC Art Darwin

Nobutoshi Murata, Representative Director, IXIASOFT K.K.

Katsuya Katayose, Business Development Manager, SDL Japan K.K.

Auditor

Motoki Kurosu, CMC XMANICOM Co., Ltd.

Head Secretariat

Tetsuyoshi Kato, President, LLC Art Darwin

Privacy Policy

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1. Personal Information
“Personal information” covers all information that concerns living persons and contains names, birth dates or other statements that enable identification of particular individuals. Also, the term includes information that can easily be checked against other information to enable identification of particular individuals.

2. Acquisition of Personal Information
The Consortium will acquire personal information by lawful and fair means.

3. Use of Personal Information
The personal information that is gathered in the course of the Consortium’s operational activities will be used only for the purposes of carrying out the Consortium’s operational activities, service provision, and work appurtenant thereto. Examples of such use of personal information are: for creating name lists at the Secretariat or Working Groups; for sending to members information pertaining to the Consortium’s activities; for announcing seminars or study sessions to members or non-members; and for having questionnaires and the like.