DITA topics

Understand what are DITA topics in FrameMaker

DITA uses a topic-based approach to authoring. A topic is the basic unit of DITA content. Each topic should cover a single subject. A basic topic consist of a title and body content. It should be short enough to be specific to a single subject or answer a single question, but long enough to make sense on its own and be authored as a unit.

To cover separate content such as concepts, tasks, reference, the DITA standard specifies different information types. Each information type defines structured elements that aid in authoring the relevant content. For example, the task type defines elements such as <context>, <example>, <steps>, and <result>.