# DITA Best Practices : Create a DITA map

Created by Kelly Mankenberg, last modified on Oct 16, 2014

While creating and using a ditamap is not required for creating reusable content, a ditamap file is required for providing a "shell" for the content used for navigation and Table of Contents creation.

This topic explains how to create a ditamap within Oxygen.

## Step-by-step guide

Procedure | Video Example
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Click File/New. In the New dialog, if "Map" is not displayed in the Recently Used folder, expand Framework templates, then DITA > Map > map. Click Map. Click Create. | Creating a DITA map.mp4

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## Attachments:

Creatinga DITA map.mp4 (video/mp4)