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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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September 2008 Meeting

 

DITA, Metadata, and Taxonomy

Joint meeting with Research Triangle Park via conference call.

DITA contains ready-to-go metadata structures, but what are best
practices for using those structures in a meaningful way for your
writing teams? Learn what team members should know and who to identify
to take on the tasks related to taxonomy definitions. Also decide how
to define those taxonomy definitions in your Content Management System
(CMS). Join Paul Arellanes, Robert Berry, and Mike Harris from IBM for
a panel discussion and some coaching on how to organize your content
without going crazy.

Panel presenters

Paul Arellanes, information architect, IBM, Robert Berry, information developer, IBM, and Mike Harris, information architect, IBM.

Presenter biographies

Paul Arellanes is an information architect for the Power Hardware information development team. He is located at IBM's development facility in Austin, Texas. He has been with IBM for 9 years. During his tenure, Paul has been involved in various Web development and information development projects, some of which include:

• development of IBM's DITA-based taxonomy
• developing better methods for collaborative information development
• developing a DITA specialization for interactive information
• developing the next generation build environment for information development teams
• developing methods for meta-data analysis

Robert Berry is an information developer at IBM's facility in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. Since 2006, he has led an internal effort to define a common subject taxonomy for IBM's product documentation, along with related tools and a supporting governance process. He has been with IBM for sixteen years.

Mike Harris is an Information Architect at IBM Rochester. For the last several years, he has coordinated development of the Systems and Technology Group taxonomy and worked on processes to improve the consistency and quality of the metadata related to that taxonomy. He has been with IBM for nine years.

Meeting Details

When

September 24, 2008

 

Where

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

Agenda (Central time)

• 5:30-6:00 Gather, Networking
• 6:00-7:30 Joint Presentation
• 7:30-8:00 Discussion, adminstration after presentation

Directions

• Google Maps link to Freescale's Parmer campus: http://tinyurl.com/23mqkz

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