How is DITA used in documenting drug descriptions, indications, contraindications, and dosage instructions?
November 10, 2023
|By Bryan Tipper
DITA plays a crucial role in documenting drug descriptions, indications, contraindications, and dosage instructions in the pharmaceutical industry. This structured authoring approach allows pharmaceutical companies to create consistent, compliant, and easily maintainable content for drug documentation.
Topic-Based Authoring
One of the key strategies in using DITA for drug documentation is topic-based authoring. Each piece of information, such as drug descriptions, indications, contraindications, and dosage instructions, is treated as a separate topic. These topics can be reused across various documents, ensuring consistency. For instance:
<topic id="drug_description">
<title>Drug Description</title>
<body>...