Archive - 2007
DITA Seminar
Event: Submitted by Closs on Sat, 2007-01-06 15:20.
Location:
MUNICH GermanyDate:
30 Jan 2007 - 04:30 - 12:00Event Type:
Training ClassSpecialize, but not right away?
Forum topic: Submitted by carolgeyer on Fri, 2007-01-05 17:35. Last updated on Fri, 2007-01-05 17:40.
Read our <soapbox> feature, "Specialize, but not right away?" then share your perspective with author, Bruce Esrig, and others by posting to this forum. Also cast your vote in our Adoption poll.
How far along are you in DITA adoption?
Poll: Submitted by carolgeyer on Thu, 2007-01-04 20:10. Last updated on Thu, 2007-01-04 20:12.
Hearing about it
22% (4 votes)
Planning first conversion
17% (3 votes)
Piloting
28% (5 votes)
Migrating
11% (2 votes)
In production
22% (4 votes)
Total votes: 18
New Browser-based DITA Solution: DITA Exchangeâ„¢
News: Submitted by SteffenFrederiksen on Tue, 2007-01-02 21:25.
HELLO DITA COMMUNITY: WEBINAR INVITATION!
Year 2007 marks the solution of the biggest challenge for DITA: How to enable people with little or no XML and DITA knowledge to write DITA Topics and compose DITA Maps.
As of February 1st 2007, it will be possible to extend the number of DITA-writers (content contributors) in your organization.
thecontentwrangler
DITA Solutions, Workshops, Products Featured At DocTrain 2007 Conference, April 18-21, Vancouver
Blog entry: Submitted by thecontentwrangler on Mon, 2007-01-01 18:17.
The 8th Annual Documentation and Training Conference will take place this year for the first time on the west coast of North America in beautiful downtown Vancouver, British Columbia. The event takes place at the Marriott Pinnacle, April 18-21, 2007 and will feature several DITA-specific presentations including:
- 4-hour Introduction to DITA workshop (with popular XML publishing guru Bernard Aschwanden)
- Case study from one organization that has been using DITA and S1000D together
- The debut of the DITA Structured Blogging plug-in (a free plug-in to several popular blogging platforms that will allow bloggers to produce valid DITA content without the need for a help authoring tool)
- A demonstration of the recently released DITA Solution from In.Vision Research Corporation that allows technical communicators to create structured XML DITA content for reuse using Microsoft Word and DITA Studio
The 8th Annual DocTrain Conference will feature 4 topic-focused tracks: