Upcoming Conferences


Best Practices 2009 Conference
September 14-16
Vancouver, Washington
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DITA Europe 2009 Conference
November 16-17
Munich, Germany
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Berkeley Globalization Conference (LISA @ Berkeley)
August 3-5
Berkeley, California
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Upcoming Webinars


XML Webinar Series

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In the first of two webinars in this XML series, you get a high-level overview of the different pieces that comprise an XML document. You will be introduced to the building blocks of XML: elements, attributes, DTDs, and schemas. This webinar will prepare you for the second webinar in the series, Publishing XML (Understanding what happens when you produce a final document).

In the second of two webinars in this XML series, you are introduced to the transforms and stylesheets necessary to publish XML documents. You will gain the technical knowledge necessary to structure and style XML content for delivery to HTML and PDF . The Oxygen 10.2 editor will be used for demonstrations throughout the webinar. Each participant will receive the XSL-FO style sheet for PDF output and XHTML style sheet for web out used in the demonstration. The style sheets can be used by the participants in the Oxygen 10.2 DITA-OT or in the DITA OT downloaded from source forge.

Speakers:
Hal Trent–Comtech Services


Upcoming Workshops


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On-Demand Webinars


Getting Your DITA Project Started

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Your content management system is nearly up and running. You’ve created project folders and instituted naming conventions for your DITA topics. You are ready to begin a Pilot Project but you don’t know where to start. In this webinar, Dr. JoAnn Hackos, leading expert on topic-based authoring and DITA, leads you through two critical steps to a successful DITA project.

Speakers:
JoAnn Hackos–Comtech Services
Bill Gamboa–Vasont Systems

Moving to Dynamic Documents with DITA

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In this webinar, JoAnn and Andrew discuss dynamic publishing and the role that DITA plays in bringing content to life.

Speakers:
JoAnn Hackos–Comtech Services
Andrew Trese–XyEnterprise

Strategic Content is Good for Business: How DITA and SharePoint Work Together for Information Sharing

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The goal of better-managed content is now much easier to achieve ... even on constrained budgets. DITA (the Darwin Information Typing Architecture standard) is rapidly being adopted as a proven foundation for content. And Microsoft SharePoint has made basic content management features accessible to hundreds of thousands of companies worldwide. Whether you're in HR, legal, marketing or other departments, this webinar will teach you to leverage DITA and SharePoint for cost-effective information sharing.

Speakers:
JoAnn Hackos–Comtech Services
Su-Laine Yeo–JustSystems

Your Terminology is Your Brand: Keep it Consistent and Under Control

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Hear from JoAnn Hackos, Comtech, and Sophie Hurst, SDL, as they look at the key role of terminology in defining a brand and the impact of terminology on wider business issues. You will learn how misusing terminology in your source content can have a dramatically negative impact on both your translations and your company’s brand.  JoAnn and Sophie discuss the importance of terminology management throughout your organization in support of potential of automated translation.

Speakers:
JoAnn Hackos–Comtech Services
Sophie Hurst–SDL

Fulfilling the Promise of Enterprise Publishing

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Learn how you can turn technical content into an asset that visibly adds value across the enterprise and how dynamic enterprise publishing enables end-to-end collaboration and maximum reuse.

Speakers:
JoAnn Hackos–Comtech Services
Kelly Stirman–MarkLogic Corporation

Getting Started with DITA - Practical Tips for Using Arbortext for DITA

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Getting started with DITA takes more than a little knowledge of task, concept, and reference. Learn the best practices for launching your DITA project with the support of a professional XML Editor. Know the key components of a DITA solution and connect the base model with your customers and your product requirements.

Speakers:
JoAnn Hackos–Comtech Services
Peter Velikin–PTC

Center for Information-Development Management

eCompress DITA 1.2 Language Specification

1.2 Language Specification

eCompress 1.1 DITA Architecture Specification

Architecture Specification

eCompress DITA 1.1 Language Specification

Language Reference

Now On Sale: e-version of Introduction to DITA: A Guide to the Darwin Information Typing Architecture

An electronic user guide for the popular OASIS DITA standard. If you have been using DITA, or are just joining the DITA community, this book provides you with the information you need to accomplish your goals. The user guide not only presents the basic methodology of DITA and its benefits for creating your information set, but explains step-by-step how to author DITA XML topics, create maps for your deliverables, and work through the production processing tasks. The book includes a thorough explanation of the DITA model and the major elements used to create your topics using the task, concept, and reference information types. Introduction to DITA: A User Guide to the Darwin Information Typing Architecture: Electronic Version