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Content accessibility
- Accessibility of products and servicesLaws and regulations
Summary of European Accessibility Act.
- Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA)Standards and specifications
International technical specification to improve the accessibility and interoperability of web content and applications.
- Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, As AmendedLaws and regulations
Federal civil rights law of United States that protects people with disabilities from discrimination in everyday activities.
- Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG)Standards and specifications
International standard for developers to make authoring tools more accessible to people with disabilities and more convenient to create accessible web content.
- Directive (EU) 2019/882 on the accessibility requirements for products and servicesLaws and regulations
European Accessibility Act.
- European Accessibility Act: A Guide to ComplianceIntroductory materials
Explains the requirements in the European Accessibility Act that companies must comply with and the compliance deadlines.
Professional communications
- Adobe DITAWORLD (June 3-5, 2025)Conferences
Three days of online event hosted by Adobe to showcase the trends, new features, customer stories, and best practices of Adobe's software suite related to technical documentation.
- Archives of Write the Docs ConferencesConferences
- ConVEx IDEAS (September 9-11, 2024)Conferences
Three days of online event with focus on industry trends rather than just one topic (paid ticket necessary).
- ConVEx San Jose (April 7-9, 2025)Conferences
Three days of hybrid event in San Jose, California (previously named DITA North America), with focus on content strategy related to DITA (paid ticket necessary).
- DITA Europe (February 17-18, 2025)Conferences
Two days of on-site event with focus on trends, content management solutions and best practices of technical content and DITA (paid ticket necessary).
- Evolution of TC (May 27-28, 2025)Conferences
Two days of on-site event with focus on innovations in software documentation.
Technical writing
- A Guide to Technical WritingEditorial style guides for technical writing
The first style guide for technical writing in the world, by Thomas Arthur Rickard in 1908.
- AMA Manual of StyleGeneral purpose editorial style guides
For medical and scientific publishing. It has been published continuously since 1962 and now is in its 11th edition (subscription required).
- American Heritage DictionaryDictionaries
- Apple Style GuideEditorial style guides for technical writing
For Apple materials, nothing special.
- ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical EnglishEditorial style guides for technical writing
International standard widely used in the aerospace and defense industry and other manufacturing industries, containing a set of writing rules and a controlled dictionary.
- ChatGPTWriting assistant software
AI chatbot developed by OpenAI.
Technical illustrations
- Arbortext IsoDraw Data Sheet
Commercial software for technical illustrations, developed by PTC.
- RapidIllustrator
Commercial software for 3D illustrations, developed by Cortona3D.
- SOLIDWORKS Composer
Commercial software for technical illustrations, developed by SolidWorks.
- Technical Illustration in the 21st Century: A Primer for Today's Professionals
White paper produced by Bettina Giemsa at PTC.
- The State of Technical Illustration and Documentation
Survey report on technical illustration and documentation market, conducted by Corel in 2022.
- XVL Studio 3D CAD Corel Edition
Commercial software for technical illustrations, developed by CorelDRAW.
Authoring formats
- A ReStructuredText PrimerreStructuredText
Informal introduction to reStructuredText, authored by Richard Jones.
- ATA Spec 1000BR: Civil Aviation Business Rules for S1000DS1000D
An implementation of S1000D specification in civil aviation industry (paid resources).
- BTS ManualDITA
User manual of Berlin Text System written in DITA.
- DillingerMarkdown
In-browser Markdown editor. It can create new files, export files to Markdown, HTML, or PDF, synchronize with GitHub, Google Drive, or Dropbox repositories, etc.
- DITA 101 GuideDITA
Introductory document to DITA, produced by IBM.
- DITA Best Practices: A Roadmap for Writing, Editing, and Architecting in DITADITA
A practical book about how to write effective technical information in DITA, published in 2011 by IBM Press (paid resource).
Knowledge sharing
- DITA WriterBlogs
Keith Schengili-Roberts, a senior manager for technical documentation at
- Everything Technical WritingBlogs
Linda Ikechukwu, a technical writer transitioned from a frontend developer, writes about what she learned and experienced as a technical writer in the software industry.
- I'd Rather Be WritingBlogs
Tom Johnson, a technical writer at
- I'd Rather Be Writing PodcastsPodcasts
Tom Johnson, a technical writer at
- James' Coffee BlogBlogs
James Gallagher, a technical writer at
- Just Write ClickBlogs
Anne Gentle, the director of developer experience at
Text processing
- Everything You Want to Know about …PowerShell
A series of articles about PowerShell, collected from the
- PowerShell 101PowerShell
Book for PowerShell beginners. Its content is open to public by Microsoft on its website.
- PowerShell DocumentationPowerShell
The official documentation for PowerShell 7.4.
- PyrexpRegular expressions
Online tool to visualize, test and debug Python regexes.
- Regex 101Regular expressions
Online tool to build, test and debug regexes.
- RegExrRegular expressions
Online tool to learn, build and test regexes.
Version control
- Git Cheat Sheet
Visualized cheat sheet of common Git commands.
- Git Cheat Sheets
Cheat sheets of common Git commands in 20+ languages, by GitHub.
- Git Reference
Official reference manual of Git.
- Learn Git
Short tutorial to teach Git basics, by Microsoft.
- Pro Git
Complete and practical textbook with graphic illustration to teach Git fast and well (available on the Git website).
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