Why go to XML for product information?

When Management decides to go to an XML publishing system, it's not always clear to the authoring and editing staff why the decision was made. Ever wonder why they choose to go this route? In this presentation, we talk about…

• Key Concepts: case study, make your business case, multichannel (omnichannel) publishing
• Filed under: Presentations, Webinars
• Venues: STC, Single-Sourcing Exclusive, TC Dojo

You Don’t Have to Build Software to Do DITA

This is a success story. Medtronic ENT deployed a brand-new DITA solution, employing all the traditional strategies and best practices for DITA such as specializing only where absolutely necessary and adopting minimalist approach to topic-based authoring. As a global organization,…

• Key Concepts: case study, dita, dita specialization, library science, make your business case, metadata madness
• Filed under: Presentations
• Venues: AMWA, CIDM, Lavacon

Will Work For Equity – the World of Startups

Are you considering joining a startup? At Silicon Valley Code Camp 2011, Sean Murphy, CEO at SKMurphy, hosted a panel outlining important tips and issues to consider if you are investing your time in a startup. This session explored: difference…

• Key Concepts: case study, make your business case, multichannel (omnichannel) publishing
• Filed under: Presentations, Webinars
• Venues: STC, Single-Sourcing Exclusive, TC Dojo

How DITA Transformed Content at Nikon Precision [Arbortext User Meeting]

Nikon Precision Inc (NPI), located in the United States, serves as the sales and service support arm for the Nikon semiconductor manufacturing tools. All design and manufacturing occurs in Japan; therefore, all technical information originates in Japanese. Since NPI is…

• Key Concepts: case study, make your business case, multichannel (omnichannel) publishing
• Filed under: Presentations, Webinars
• Venues: STC, Single-Sourcing Exclusive, TC Dojo

Given enough time and resources, Sharepoint can make anything happen

Recently I was preparing my talk for the Gilbane Boston conference coming up in December. I'm presenting along-side two people I respect a lot: Barry Schaeffer and Doug Gorman. I've known Barry for years and years. He's the former President…

• Key Concepts: best practices, case study, content management, dita ot, single-sourcing
• Filed under: Blog, Liz Asks
• Venues:

Learning: The never ending path of inspiration

I love talking to people, finding out what they've done, and why they made the choices they did. For me it comes as second nature to always inquire. When I was first starting out in the field of information architecture…

• Key Concepts: best practices, case study
• Filed under: Blog, Liz Asks
• Venues:

What is the ROI of XML?

Arbortext Monster Garage, Season 1, Episode 6 If you have information about your company’s product or services that needs to be delivered to customers, whether it’s in print or electronic form, chances are you have heard of XML. Are you…

• Key Concepts: case study, make your business case, multichannel (omnichannel) publishing
• Filed under: Presentations, Webinars
• Venues: STC, Single-Sourcing Exclusive, TC Dojo

Podcast posted: Interview with Todd Nowlan, “Benefits of XML and single-sourcing”

When we were getting ready for the CMS DITA/NA 2010, we reached out to long-time Arbortext customers to find out where they were now, what they did originally, and how they got from point A to point B. Just what…

• Key Concepts: arbortext publishing engine, case study, community, make your business case, multichannel (omnichannel) publishing, xml authoring
• Filed under: Arbortext Podcast, Blog
• Venues: Single-Sourcing Exclusive