The DITA Exchange OpenXML Publishing engine is not only an easy way to style output documents from DITA Exchange, it is also an elegant way to reference XML topics and Word documents from the same ditamap.

This opens up a new way of implementing the DITA XML standard in an organization. Now it is no longer necessary to implement DITA XML throughout the entire information structure. Now the customer can choose to 'cherry pick' the relevant areas with a high degree of reuse first. A low risk step-by-step implementation is a way forward