DrupalCon London 2011: MAKING DRUPAL DOCUMENTATION MODULAR, REUSABLE AND OPEN SOURCE

This talk focuses on transforming Drupal's documentation into modular and reusable units for better collaboration within the community. The speaker introduces the concept of single sourcing, demonstrating how it can be leveraged to create documentation for various purposes from a single set of topics, resulting in manuals, online help, training materials, and FAQs. The presentation also explores DITA (Darwin Information Type Architecture), an Oasis XML standard, highlighting its effectiveness in publishing documentation rapidly while reducing translation costs. Additionally, the speaker discusses potential implementation strategies for a documentation tool chain for Drupal that utilizes a DITA-like architecture, covering topics such as conditional text, improvements to the built-in help system, and the development of the DITA Drupal module to support community-authored documentation without requiring extensive knowledge of DITA.