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Can’t Make a Case for DITA? Try Going Half-Way

DCL Editorial — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:17:04 +0000

I just happened upon Kai’s Tech Writing Blog, this morning, because of the eye-catching headline, “Half-way DITA: Why some is better than none.” Turns out the second option was quite feasible: The DITA 1.2 specification gives us about all the structure we need – and more. We left out the parts we didn’t need (for [...]

DITA Maturity — How to Use DITA to Support Critical Business Needs

DCL Editorial — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:11:31 +0000

By Dr. JoAnn Hackos, President, Comtech Services, Inc. At the DITA Europe 2011 conference, as well as the Best Practices 2011, we have observed considerable progress in the way organizations are developing, managing, and delivering content. Much like the CIDM Information Process Maturity Model (IPMM), engagement with content management has moved from a preponderance of [...]

Crossing the Chasm with DITA — Three-Part Learning Series Webinar

DCL Editorial — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:50:22 +0000

Data Conversion Laboratory and Comtech present: Crossing the Chasm with DITA:Three Part Series Watch part one, now! Register for part two, now! (Feb 23 @ 1pm EST) Register for part three, now! (March 22 @ 1pm EST) In this three-part webinar series, Dr. JoAnn Hackos, president of Comtech Services, Inc., will trace the progress of [...]

JoAnn Hackos Workshop – Advanced DITA Training Including DITA 1.2

DCL Editorial — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 19:34:15 +0000

Data Conversion Laboratory has the pleasure of once again participating in a workshop with JoAnn Hackos: “Advanced DITA Training Including DITA 1.2.” The workshop takes place January 31 – February 1, 2012 in Fresh Meadows, NY. Highlights of the course include hands-on training using the new DITA 1.2 publishing mechanisms, authoring features, gaining an understanding [...]

How Intelligent is Your Content? — Interview with Ann Rockley

DCL Editorial — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 20:54:55 +0000

Richard Oppenheim, Unlimited Priorities Intelligence has an increasing list of definitions. There is natural, artificial, computer, along with many variations of intelligent as a descriptor – an intelligent question, comment, reply, etc. With the silos of data overflowing and new silo construction happening every day, the evolution of your data into functional content is a [...]

DITA 1.2 Interactive Tutorial — Three-Part Learning Series Webinar

DCL Editorial — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 13:22:59 +0000

Data Conversion Laboratory and Mekon, Ltd. present: DITA 1.2 Interactive Tutorial:Three Part Mini-Series Watch part one, now! Watch part two, now! Watch part three, now! In Part 1, “Keys and Conkeys,” you will learn to create keys and key references; combine keys with conditions for easier manageability; and use conkey references instead of conref to [...]

Making a Business Case for S1000D: The Truth About ROI — Learning Series Webinar

DCL Editorial — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:57:31 +0000

Data Conversion Laboratory and Corena present: Making a Business Case for S1000D:The Truth About ROI Please email for access to the webinar video. Haagen Aas (VP Sales & Marketing, Corena) and David Skurnik (VP Sales, Data Conversion Laboratory) will address some of the most important questions being asked today in the technical publications community: Will [...]

Socially Enabling Documentation in the Cloud—Learning Series Webinar

DCL Editorial — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:05:51 +0000

This webinar has already taken place! Socially Enabling Documentation in the Cloud:Dangers, Benefits, Getting There Click here to watch the recording! “Social” isn’t limited to Wikis, Forums, Facebook, and Twitter. More and more organizations are looking at how community content can complement (and in some cases replace) their formal product content. Also, many are noticing [...]

Content Strategy: It’s Not About Technology—Learning Series Webinar

DCL Editorial — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 13:29:35 +0000

This webinar has already taken place! Content Strategy: It’s Not About Technology Click here for the webinar video and slide deck! A discussion of content strategy often devolves into technology related questions; what CMS to use, how do you produce mobile, how can we deliver dynamic content on our web site. But content strategy is [...]

The SPL Standard, DailyMed, and the Consumer

DCL Editorial — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 14:15:19 +0000

By DCL’s Vincent B. Donadio, Editorial Contributions from DCL’s Howard Shatz In 2005, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) implemented an XML-based standard for drug labeling (among other things) called Structured Product Labeling, or SPL. Initially, only labels for human prescription drugs that were new—or being revised—needed to be submitted as SPL. Since 2009, however, [...]