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Joe Gollner on S1000D and DITA: Bridging the Gap between Exchange Standards and Usable Content

Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Joe Gollner likes solving puzzles. In fact, he often draws on his passion for history and philosophy to help him with the paradigms for modern-day conundrums. “That’s probably why I work so much,” admits Joe, “though it doesn’t feel like work to me. I love to figure ...

Filed under: DITA : Lessons Learned : S1000D : Technical Writing

Review of XMetaL Author 5.0 DITA Edition

Tuesday, March 13, 2007

Andrea Dickson, a technical and marketing writer based in Seattle, WA, has written a Review of XMetaL Author 5.0 DITA Edition. Dickson says “XMetaL Author 5.0 is chock-full of intuitive (and occasionally automated) features that make starting out in structured ...

Filed under: DITA : Technical Writing : Authoring Tools : XMetaL

XML Authoring and DITA: An Interesting Analogy

Saturday, March 10, 2007

From the Adobe Technical Communication blog comes this interesting and thought-provoking article, XML Authoring and DITA: An Interesting Analogy.

The analogy, provided by Aseem Dokania, Product Manager, Adobe FrameMaker: “Imagine if all countries followed the same ...

Filed under: DITA : Lessons Learned : Technical Writing : Authoring Tools : Adobe FrameMaker

DITA Version 1.1 Specification Released for Public Review

Wednesday, March 07, 2007

Members of the OASIS Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) Technical Committee have published a Version 1.1 Committee Draft specification for public review. The public review period ends May 04, 2007. The DITA Version 1.1 release consists of an architectural ...

Filed under: DITA

New DITA Users Organization Aims To Help Writers Author DITA Content

Saturday, February 24, 2007

DITA Users, a new individual membership organization for folks interested in the Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA), has been announced. For $100 US you can become a member. According to the organizers, the value of membership includes:

Your own DITA ...

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Presentations, Proclamations, & Predictions: FrameMaker 8, RoboHelp & Technical Communication Tools

Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Friday, February 9, 2007, we hosted a double-header Adobe product demonstration for Indianapolis-area help developers and technical publications teams. Our featured presenter was Senior Product Evangelist RJ Jacquez, whose demonstrations covered both Adobe FrameMaker ...

Filed under: DITA : Help Authoring : RoboHelp : Life Sciences : S1000D : Technical Writing : Authoring Tools : Adobe FrameMaker : Plug-ins