Definitions and background concepts

The following terms have specific meanings in DITA which should be understood before reading either the DITA markup specification or the DITA specialization specification.

• Basic concepts
  The following are basic concepts used in DITA.
• Terminology
  DITA uses a number of terms in particular or unique ways. Within the scope of this specification, the following terms are used when talking about DITA models, DITA declarations, and DITA instances.

OASIS DITA Architectural Specification v1.0 -- 09 May 2005
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