Developing effective style sheets allows you to publish existing DITA or XML documents to PDF, HTML, or other XML output formats tailored to your needs with minimal effort. 

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A typical style sheet development process is as follows:

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1) First, accurately identify the customer's needs through an interview,

2) After clarifying the scope of work, necessary division of roles, and scope of results with the customer, 

3) Continuously create and apply style sheets to check if the desired level of results has been achieved.

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It is achieved through a process of doing so.    

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Here, the scope of the results includes: 

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1) Graphic images 

2) Color and size of text and tables

3) Font and font size

4) Comments such as footnotes and annotations

5) Document layout
- Structure and format of headers and footers

- Front and back covers

- index

- Glossary

- Notes

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Meanwhile, the development of style sheets also takes into account the following requirements regarding the scope of result management:

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- Page size and landscape/portrait paper orientation

- High resolution printing

- Whether a watermark or brand mark is needed

- Multilingual publishing

- Need for multi-column, horizontal or vertical tables 

- Integration with CMS system

 

Finally, the style sheet development process is completed by applying the style sheet to the original document and confirming the published results with the customer using a checklist.

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These processes vary in scope and method depending on the needs of the client.