Registration is open for the seventeenth annual WritersUA Conference for Software User Assistance. The event takes place March 29-April 1, in Seattle, Washington. The conference features over seventy cutting-edge topics from over forty experts, project demonstrations from other user assistance developers, plus an exhibition of products and services, certificate programs, and networking events.

A conference focus is on structured authoring and DITA.
Sessions include:

Affordable SaaS Environment for DITA Authoring, Content Management, and Single-Source Publishing; Epson America, Inc. Implements New Solution

XMetaL Seamlessly Integrates with New DocZone DITA™ SaaS CMS Platform; Epson America, Inc. Leverages DITA with Ease

Above and Beyond Learning is producing several conferences in 2009. These events are focused on specific topics and feature user presentations, expert advice, and more!

The RealWorld DITA 2009 Conference

Conference on the Darwin Information Typing Architecture for Users, Managers, and Interested Parties

September 14-16, 2009

Raleigh, North Carolina USA

http://www.aboveandbeyondlearning.com/ditaconference.html

I'm pleased to announce that the Mylyn WikiText stand-alone package is available for download. The download contains jar files and documentation for including WikiText Ant tasks in your build or for using WikiText APIs outside of an Eclipse runtime.

The WikiText project is still in the incubation phase, thus users should be aware that the download has not yet completed a release review. The availability of WikiText stand-alone download enables users to try out WikiText prior to its release, including the much-anticipated wiki-to-DITA functionality.