Articles

New Google DITA Search Engine and FireFox Plug-in

Saturday, December 02, 2006

Scott Hudson has used ”Google Co-op, a platform that enables the creation of customized web search engines, to develop a unique search engine—one that searches a specific set of websites dedicated to the Darwin Information Typing Architecture. Dubbed DITA Search, ...

Filed under: DITA : Search

Digging Deeper Into the Deep Web

Thursday, August 17, 2006

The Web contains tremendous volumes of information. But you’ll have a hard time finding most of it. It’s hidden from view in the Deep Web, the part of the Web that, according to Internet Tutorials, “is not fixed, and is served dynamically on-the-fly, and is far larger ...

Filed under: Internet : Search

XML Syndication Set to Explode - Are You Ready For Big Change?

Saturday, August 12, 2006

In XML Syndication Set to Explode - Are You Ready For Big Change?, Salim Ismail outlines how XML content syndication is changing the way we do business on the web and explains the importance of structured content as a critical enabling factor. Find out how much ...

Filed under: Internet : Search : XML

The Future of the Internet According to Tim Berners-Lee

Friday, August 04, 2006

In this PC World article, The Future of the Internet According to Tim Berners-Lee, Tim Dean writes: “It’s just a matter of time before people appreciate the potential of the semantic web… It’s like today’s World Wide Web, except instead of only being readable by ...

Filed under: Internet : Metadata : Search : Web 2.0

SafariU Shakes Up Academic Book Publishing

Thursday, April 06, 2006

SafariU makes life much easier for computer science and information technology educators. Its web-based custom publishing platform enables higher education instructors to create, publish—even share—customized computer science and information technology texts and ...

Filed under: Content Management : Publishing : Search : Web 2.0 : Examples : XQuery

IKEA Improved Search? Not So Fast!

Monday, February 20, 2006

A recent article in Line56 gave kudos to retailer IKEA for the company’s actions to improve its website search function.

Previously, Line56 wrote: “Some weeks ago, Line56 called attention to a serious flaw in retailer IKEA’s online search process. At that time, ...

Filed under: Content Management : Web Content Management : Search : Taxonomy : Mishaps and Mistakes

IBM Task Modeler For DITA Maps

Wednesday, February 15, 2006

IBM alphaWorks has announced availability of IBM Task Modeler, an Eclipse-based software tool for modeling human activity as a hierarchy of tasks and related elements.

According to the Task Modeler website, “task modeling is integral to design practices such as ...

Filed under: Metadata : Mishaps and Mistakes : Search : Mishaps and Mistakes : Taxonomy : Mishaps and Mistakes : Technical Writing : Usability : Mishaps and Mistakes