Can manufacturing organizations leverage DITA’s support for multilingual content delivery?
Manufacturing organizations can leverage DITA’s robust support for multilingual content delivery to effectively reach global audiences while maintaining consistency and efficiency in documentation.
Localized Output
DITA allows for the generation of localized content output, which means that documentation can be automatically adapted to different languages and regions during the publishing process. This ensures that users in various parts of the world can access product manuals, instructions, and other documentation in their preferred language, enhancing user experience and understanding.
Conditional Text and Variables
Manufacturing organizations can use conditional text and variables in DITA documents to manage content variations based on language or region. Conditional text allows authors to include or exclude content specific to certain locales, while variables enable the insertion of language-specific elements such as date formats, units of measurement, or regulatory information. This flexibility simplifies the process of delivering content in multiple languages while maintaining a single source for content management.
Example:
Here’s an example of how manufacturing organizations can leverage DITA’s support for multilingual content delivery:
<topic id="product_manual">
<title>Product Manual</title>
<body>
<section conkeyref="lang=en">This section provides instructions in English.</section>
<section conkeyref="lang=fr">Cette section fournit des instructions en français.</section>
</body>
In this example, conditional text tags conkeyref are used to specify content variations based on language. The DITA document contains both English and French versions of the product manual, demonstrating how DITA supports multilingual content delivery.