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New Indianapolis DITA User Group Announced

Friday, January 27, 2006

Precisely Write has created an Indianapolis DITA user group, known as IndyDITA.

�DITA is a relatively new concept in the Indianapolis area,” says Ruth Nickolich, president of Precisely Write. “We started this user group to set up a conversation about how it�s ...

Filed under: Metadata : Technical Writing

The Next Big Thing In Searching

Thursday, January 26, 2006

In The Next Big Thing In Searching, Wall Street Journal reporter Jessica E. Vascellaro reports on “tagging”.

To quote: “Tagging addresses a common complaint of many Internet users--that searching is often clumsy and inefficient. Web surfers often must sift through ...

Filed under: Metadata

Meaningfuel.org: The Metadata Dictionary Wiki

Tuesday, January 24, 2006

Meaningfuel.org is a metadata dictionary that anyone can edit—sort of a Wikipedia for metadata. Its goal is to build a coherent evolving metadata dictionary for describing anything, by combining new and existing object metadata.

According to the organizers, “Our ...

Filed under: Content Management : Metadata

Louis Rosenfeld’s New Publishing Adventure

Sunday, January 22, 2006

Usability and information architecture guru, Louis Rosenfeld, just launched a new company, Rosenfeld Media, dedicated to the publication of short, practical books on user experience design.

“I hope Rosenfeld Media will be a bit different than traditional ...

Filed under: Metadata : Usability

NewsZingo: Google News In Clouds

Monday, January 16, 2006

It all started with this little January 5, 2006 post based on the concept of tree maps. Since then, Newzingo has become a popular—and useful—online destination.

Thursday, January 05, 2006 - Newzingo!
Newzingo - Automatically tagging Google news and displaying the ...

Filed under: Folksonomy : Metadata

Building Taxonomies

Tuesday, December 13, 2005

Making a move to content management and single source publishing? If so, then understanding taxonomies is critical to your success. To get started, read Building Taxonomies, chapter 6 from Unlocking Knowledge Assets by Susan Conway and Char Sligar (Microsoft Press). ...

Filed under: Content Management : Metadata

Hackos Asks: Is DITA Going to Tip?

Friday, December 09, 2005

In the December 2005 Center for Information Development Management News, JoAnn Hackos asks, Is DITA Going To Tip? Read the article to find out why Hackos thinks DITA is “still a grass roots effort” and what we need to do to help DITA reach a broader community.

Learn ...

Filed under: DITA : Metadata : Technical Writing

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