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Key Concept Archive

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Conference notes from: PTC User 2010 – The Paradigm is Shifting

by Eric From attending the recent PTC User Conference, it appears we are in the midst of a paradigm shift and it will be every bit as significant as the move from desktop publishing to structured content management: From book…

Advisory Line Can Get You Through a Tough Spot

Today we're excited to announce the launch of the Single-Sourcing Solutions Advisory Line. The Advisory Line is designed to help resolve issues for customers who are facing tight time lines or who may have limited resources.We wanted to provide our…

Show Me the Demo!

That's the cry of the aspiring information architect. Unfortunately, success isn't about the technology A techpubs department is a techpubs department and one is not so unlike another. At a certain level that's true, but the devil's in the details…

A-Oh-(Tee)-Kay: Using Arbortext with the DITA OTK, Part 2 (Doing it)

Arbortext Monster Garage, Season 2, Episode 5 In this 30-minute, recorded web session, Mark Giffin reviews how Arbortext and the DITA Open Toolkit (DITA OT) play together and then demonstrates how to install the AOTk Publish script and execute the…

A-Oh-(Tee)-Kay: Using Arbortext with the DITA Open ToolKit (how it works)

Arbortext Monster Garage, Season 2, Episode 2 In this 30-minute, recorded web session, Mark Giffin gives an overview about how Arbortext and the DITA Open Toolkit (DITA OT) play together and how you can execute the DITA OT directly from…

LinkedIn, Vendors, and Open Source

This week, I participated in a stimulating and lively discussion on LinkedIn.  Here's the question that was asked: What's the best toolkit or set of tools for use by a team of content creators to automate the process of getting content…

XSLT and XPath Basics: A Primer

XPath is a powerful and intuitive way to retrieve information from, or apply style to, your document. In this session, you’ll discover how to use XPath whether you’re styling your documents with FOSI, XSLT/ XSL-FO, or Arbortext Styler. Also presented…

Go single vendor or go toolbox? (build vs buy)

Summary: Do you build or buy? What's the true cost of integrating different product from different vendors? What are the ramifications for integration and process flow? And how do you make that determination?   Recently I've had the opportunity to…