Common Questions: Source Control

This week’s topic: Source Control Source Control is a big topic. To date, the best article I've ever read on branching strategy was a best practices article by Perforce (circa 2003). Today, we're not talking about that, we're talking about…

• Key Concepts: arbortext content manager (windchill), basics, content management
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Common Questions: Bursting

This week’s topic: Bursting We start talking about something we call “bursting” when we get questions like the following: Can a writer or translator work just on paragraph chunks while an editor can see entire sections? This question is nearly always…

• Key Concepts: arbortext content manager (windchill), arbortext editor, configuration and implementation, content management, xml authoring
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Common Questions: PTC Windchill Arbortext Content Manager

This week’s topic: Arbortext Content ManagerToday, we're answering some of the more common and general questions about Arbortext Content Manager (ACM).When it comes to DITA, the need for component content management comes sooner rather than later. It's very easy to…

• Key Concepts: arbortext content manager (windchill), basics, content management, techcomm tools
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• Venues: PTC Arbortext User

What is the DITA Resource Manager?

by Karie Arbortext Editor has direct, built-in access to Arbortext Content Manager (Windchill) through the Object Browser and the Resource Manager. The Resource Manager makes reusing content objects more efficient for DITA writers. The Resource Manager is a dockable window that…

• Key Concepts: arbortext content manager (windchill), arbortext editor, basics, dita, reuse, techcomm tools, workflow and process, xml authoring
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Common Questions: How do I reuse content stored in Windchill?

by Karie One of the many advantages of storing content in XML is the ability to reuse it. The best way to ensure proper reuse is to store XML content in a component content management system like Arbortext Content Manager…

• Key Concepts: arbortext content manager (windchill), basics, content management, techcomm tools, workflow and process
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Arbortext Content Manager Patch (SUP3) Available

PTC has addressed several newly identified security vulnerabilities for supported versions of Arbortext Content Manger (aka Windchill).  These vulnerabilities affect all current maintenance releases of all Windchill Solution Products including: Arbortext PDMLink Windchill ProjectLink Pro/INTRALINK FlexPLM Arbortext Content Manager Best…

• Key Concepts: arbortext content manager (windchill), release notes
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Common Questions: BOMs

This week’s topic: BOMs As organizations start to see returns from XML implementations in technical publications, training, and support, they start to see how it can benefit even more departments across the organizations. One of the places that organizations look…

• Key Concepts: arbortext content manager (windchill), basics, dita
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Common Questions: Reviewing XML Content

This week’s topic: Reviewing XML Content in ArbortextThe question of reviewing content is a complex one. Every year, at the annual PTC user conference, this topic gets discussion. No one agrees on how the review process should work or what…

• Key Concepts: arbortext content manager (windchill), arbortext editor, basics, xml authoring
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