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DITA 1.3 Key Scopes

Resource: Submitted by Kristen Eberlein on Wed, 2015-04-01 14:41. Last updated on Wed, 2015-04-01 14:41.

Presentation given at CMS/DITA North America by Christopher Nitchie.

[ANN] XMLmind Word To XML

News: Submitted by ishacian on Tue, 2015-03-31 12:45. Last updated on Tue, 2015-03-31 12:45.

XMLmind is happy to announce the release of a new product: XMLmind Word To XML.

Microsoft® Word is an amazing popular writing tool. However its main drawback is that, once your document is complete, you cannot do much with it: print it, convert it to PDF or send it as is by email.

XMLmind Word To XML aims no less than to suppress Microsoft® Word main drawback. This 100% Java™ software component allows to automate the publishing —in its widest sense— of contents created using Microsoft® Word 2007+.

[WEBINAR] Stilo DITA Knowledge Series | The emerging model for enterprise DITA authoring

Event: Submitted by helen_owens-pope on Wed, 2015-03-18 16:49.

Location:

https://stiloevents.webex.com/stiloevents/onstage/g.php?MTID=e08e0790d97909ed0c24f3ccd78f2adc8

Date:

26 Mar 2015 - 09:00 - 10:01

Event Type:

Webinar

In pursuit of the ultimate techCom information architecture

How Do You Define a User’s Information Need?

Blog entry: Submitted by Jonatan Lundin on Tue, 2015-03-17 07:39.

As a technical communicator, you probably know why you write manuals. It’s because you want to satisfy the user’s information need. But how do you know what information users need?

Your answer will differ depending on how you define an “information need,” which is a central concept in the world of technical communication. The purpose of this article is to distinguish between two conflicting definitions of an information need, and to show how each perspective represented affects the design of end user assistance.