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XML vs DITA: How I Learned the Difference and When I Use Each

XML is the language. DITA is a specific XML-based standard that provides a ready-made content model, reuse mechanisms, and a publishing ecosystem. If your docs are small, XML or even Markdown can be enough. If your docs are big, reused, translated, and shipped to multiple channels, DITA usually wins.
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What XML Authoring Is and How I Use It to Structure Content Easily

XML authoring is not about making your life harder with tags. It’s about creating structured content you can reuse, review faster, and publish to multiple channels without rewriting everything from scratch.
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Josh Fechter

I’m the founder of Technical Writer HQ and Squibler, an AI writing platform. I began my technical writing career in 2014 at a video-editing software company, went on to write documentation for Facebook’s first live-streaming feature, and later had my work recognized by LinkedIn’s engineering team.