Archive - 2012
Self on Help
What's Impeding DITA Adoption?
There have been many discussions within OASIS DITA committees about discovering (and removing) the impediments to DITA adoption. It's probably fair to say that the discussions have discovered there are many roadblocks, but so far haven't resulted in clear ways to remove them.
Migrating to DITA with FrameMaker (Seminar)
In pursuit of the ultimate techCom information architecture
Are you dictating how customers should run their business?
Lately, there has been an interesting discussion about whether technical communicators shall consider organizational centric tasks and/or product centric tasks when writing end user assistance. The discussions are found here http://idratherbewriting.com/2011/12/26/using-tags-to-increase-findability/#comments and http://everypageispageone.com/2012/01/09/are-docs-a-responsibility-or-a-business-asset/. I will clarify my view in this blog post, but first some words about the process change taking place in our domain.
XML/XSL Developer (612221)
As part of a XML development team, you will be supporting an Information Development team in managing and publishing software product documentation from single-sourced DITA XML files. Behavioral traits for this position include: must be a quick learner, an investigative mind, ability to work independently, ability to take the initiative, good problem solving skills. Be a good communicator and listener as you will need to be able to work closely with authors across multiple geographic locations to resolve technical issues they experience. Your responsibilities include: