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The Central Texas DITA Users Group (CTDUG) exists to share and advance knowledge and adoption of DITA in the central Texas region.

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April 2008 Meeting

Using DITA Content for Learning Content Development

John Hunt, of IBM, will give a presentation regarding the use of DITA for learning content. He's been working on a new Learning and Training Content specialization that will be part of OASIS DITA 1.2 release. If you'd like to do a little pre-work, check out this article about using XML (such as DITA) for learning content.

Hear about the new support planned for DITA 1.2 to enable creating, assembling, and delivering topic-based learning and training content. Take a hands-on look at how to apply DITA best practices for creating well-structured learning objects, with learning metadata, and assessment interactions, and organizing them for delivery as stand-alone HTML, PDF, or as a SCORM-compliant content package.

Presenter

John Hunt, DITA Learning and Training Content Specialization SC chair.

John is DITA Architect in the Lotus Information Development Center at IBM and Chair of the OASIS DITA learning and training content sub-committee. He has fosters the adoption of structured, intent-based design and authoring of learning content with good instructional design and learning architecture. In his over 20 years of experience in user assistance and information development, John has designed award-winning help systems and spearheaded his team's adoption of DITA XML and a topic-based information architecture. John is a member of the core team responsible for DITA at IBM and a member of the DITA OASIS Technical Committee.

Meeting Details

When

Wednesday April 16, 2007 7:00 - 9:00 pm Central

Where

• Freescale Parmer facility (North Austin), C building (directions below)
• 7700 West Parmer Lane Austin TX 78729 (Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.)

Agenda

• 7:00-7:30 General announcements and networking
• 7:30-8:30 DITA for Learning Content
• 8:30-9:00 Q&A

Directions

• Google Maps link to the Freescale campus: http://tinyurl.com/ymts97
• JPEG satellite photo of the campus: http://tinyurl.com/yeecnx

The photo has a marker showing the Building C entrance at the north side of the campus. If you turn off of Parmer at the main entrance, you'll need to skirt around the west side of the buildings to get to the C entrance. If you head east/northeast on Anderson Mill from Parmer, you'll find the "back entrance" that feeds directly to the Building C entrance.

May 2008 Meeting

Mike Wethington, manager of technical communications at Troux Technologies, will present Agile Development: Challenges in Transforming Technical Communications Departments at the May Central Texas DITA User Group meeting.

When

Wednesday May 21, 2007 7:00 - 9:00 pm Central

Where

• Freescale Parmer facility (North Austin), C building (directions below)
• 7700 West Parmer Lane Austin TX 78729 (Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.)

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