DDI Specification
The current version of the DDI Specification is Version 3.1. DDI 3.1 was published in October 2009, superseding DDI 3.0 (published in April 2008). Both DDI 3.0 and 3.1 are based on XML Schemas.
An earlier version of the specification -- DDI 2.1 -- is also available and is still being used in many organizations. Version 2.1 is DTD-based. Please follow the links to the right for more information about DDI 3.0 and 2.1.
Best Practices
Best practices guidelines have been developed for DDI.
Tools
A variety of tools have been developed or are under development for working with DDI. Please see Tools section under the DDI Resources tab.
