Articles

In Review—XML: Problem - Design - Solution

Wednesday, August 30, 2006

In XML: Problem - Design - Solution by Mitch Amiano, Conrad D’Cruz, Kay Ethier, Michael D. Thomas (Worx - Wiley Publishers), the four accomplished XML gurus walk their readers through the process of building complete, functional, end-to-end XML solutions. In short, ...

Filed under: Technical Writing : Structured Authoring : XML

Getting Started With hCalendar

Wednesday, July 05, 2006

hCalendar, one of several microformat standards, is a simple, open, distributed calendaring and events format, based on the iCalendar standard (RFC2445). According to microformats.org, microformats are data format standards that a diverse community of individuals and ...

Filed under: Blogs & Blogging : Structured Blogging : Microformats : Technical Writing : Structured Authoring

Semantic, Structured Authoring: The Challenge for Technical Writers

Monday, July 03, 2006

by Tony Self, HyperWrite

Sir Tim Berners-Lee is passionate about something he calls the Semantic Web. Well respected as the inventor of the World Wide Web, Berners-Lee recognises the deficiencies of HTML, and sees the solution lying in the power of XML. Extensible ...

Filed under: Content Reuse : Technical Writing : Structured Authoring : XML

Socialism At The Gilbane Conference … Or Embracing Containerization

Wednesday, April 19, 2006

By Diane Wieland, Precisely Write, Inc.

First, I should say, I know nothing about the Gilbane Conference on Content Management. I think it�s once a year. I�m pretty sure it has a bunch of technical communication professionals all sharing ideas, and a guy name Frank ...

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Structured FrameMaker (7.0): Introduction To Authoring

Tuesday, July 15, 2003

The folks at Scriptorium Press know Adobe FrameMaker 7.0. Even better, they know how to transfer their knowledge to others. Scriptorium�s Professional Training for Professional Communicators series of learning workbooks are an excellent learning tool for those ...

Filed under: Technical Writing : Authoring Tools : Adobe FrameMaker : Structured Authoring : Book Reviews

Managing Enterprise Content: A Unified Content Strategy

Saturday, June 28, 2003

In “Managing Enterprise Content”, the authors, Ann Rockley, Pamela Kostur, and Steve Manning, make the case for their “Unified Content Strategy”—a practical and logical way of researching, planning, preparing, testing, implementing and selling content management across ...

Filed under: Content Management : Book Reviews : Technical Writing : Structured Authoring : Book Reviews

Single Sourcing - Building Modular Documentation by Kurt Ament

Tuesday, June 17, 2003

Kurt Ament has hit the nail on the head! His latest effort, “Single Sourcing: Building Modular Documentation,” is a valuable reference for those of us who seek to save time, effort, and money by implementing a productive method of creating information once and reusing ...

Filed under: Technical Writing : Structured Authoring : Book Reviews

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