DITA/XML, docs-as-code, API documentation, S1000D, and the content governance architecture that scales across regulated and enterprise environments.
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Practitioners completing this pathway are equipped to design, implement, and govern enterprise documentation ecosystems — from DITA/XML structured authoring through docs-as-code pipelines, API documentation systems, S1000D programs, and the governance frameworks that make documentation defensible in audit and enterprise contexts.
Information architecture principles: taxonomy, metadata, content modeling, governance structures. Single-source publishing architecture. Documentation lifecycle governance: draft → review → approval → publish → retire.
Topic types (concept, task, reference), DITA maps, relationship tables, conditional processing. Content reuse: conref, keyref, and reuse governance. Specialization. Toolchain: Oxygen XML Editor, IXIASOFT CCMS.
Documentation as software: Git version control, pull request review, CI/CD publishing, automated quality gates. Markdown ecosystem: Vale linting, link checking. Static site generators: Docusaurus, MkDocs, Sphinx. Governance considerations for docs-as-code programs.
OpenAPI 3.1 specification governance. Developer portal information architecture. SDK documentation methodology. API documentation quality metrics. Regulated API documentation requirements in financial services and healthcare.
S1000D Issue 5.0: data module codes, Business Rules Document development, CSDB governance. ILS documentation integration: maintenance manuals, parts catalogs, crew documentation. FAA/NAS and MIL-HDBK-61 regulatory context.
Design a complete enterprise documentation architecture — tool selection, content architecture, governance model, pipeline design, quality assurance methodology. Peer review and instructor assessment.
This pathway's curriculum is grounded in ELDR practitioner experience across:
Self-directed enrollment is available now. Instructor-led cohort dates are published through ELDR Signal.
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