event is connected to the DITA Information Energy 2012 conference, which takes place on 08 June. eXact learning solutions is also running a series of webinars outlining the DITA standard; the first is scheduled for 16 May.

During the workshops, theory is combined with practical hands-on sessions using the new XML DITA content-authoring and management plug-in for the eXact LCMS and eXact Mobile platforms to produce state-of-the-art SCORM and AICC materials for online and mobile learning.

The demonstrations will show authors how to import DITA documentations into their learning design processes, cross convert DITA legacy to AICC or SCORM-based formats, and embed DITA documentation in online and mobile learning content-delivery processes that bring the right information just in time to field-based operators and learners.

The webinars and workshops will help delegates understand how DITA benchmarks with SCORM, DocBook, and other standards known to the instructor-led training (ILT) and web-based training (WBT) communities - and learn how these communities can benefit from DITA's adoption and master its limitations.

-œThe DITA standard is an interoperability strategy that seeks to reduce the complexity of the current multiple-source, multiple-output scenario-, explains Fabrizio Cardinali, CEO of eXact learning solutions North America. -œIn recent years, OASIS - the US-based, not-for-profit consortium for the advancement of structured information standards for the global information society - has been addressing this issue and has made a great step forward with the release of the new DITA learning and training documentation.-

-œMany corporate CIOs and CLOs are now asking for DITA compliancy from suppliers in addition to AICC and SCORM-, he continues. -œThis explains the increasing need to support the wider reuse and sharing of technical documentation sources within and across organisations' design, engineering, and training departments.-

All workshops and webinars are free and open to anyone, but seats are limited and will be assigned on a first-come-first-served basis. To attend, send an email to m.leikas@exactls.com stating your interest in the Italian, Dutch, or online DITA seminars and webinar events.

Specific full-day DITA workshops relating to particular industries or sectors can also be organised by eXact learning professionals on a bespoke basis, subject to request.