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| It is free! Simply visit the <a href="http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ctdug/" target="_blank">CTDUG Yahoo Group</a> site and <a href="http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ctdug/join" target="_blank">click join</a>.
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- | <h2>September 2008 Meeting</h2>
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- | <h3>DITA, Metadata, and Taxonomy <br />
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- | Joint meeting with Research Triangle Park via conference call.
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- | DITA contains ready-to-go metadata structures, but what are best<br />
| + | Join local Austin companies as their writers, managers, and implementers discuss where they are on the DITA Maturity Model and where they would like to be. Here's the reading material for the DITA Maturity Model if you'd like to compare for yourself.<br />
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- | practices for using those structures in a meaningful way for your<br />
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- | writing teams? Learn what team members should know and who to identify<br />
| + | <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000080"><strong>The DITA <span class="nfakPe">Maturity</span> <span class="nfakPe">Model</span>: A Stepwise Approach to Enterprise Content</strong></span>
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- | to take on the tasks related to taxonomy definitions. Also decide how<br />
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- | to define those taxonomy definitions in your Content Management System<br />
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- | (CMS). Join Paul Arellanes, Robert Berry, and Mike Harris from IBM for<br />
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- | a panel discussion and some coaching on how to organize your content<br />
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- | without going crazy.<br />
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- | <h6>Panel presenters</h6>
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- | Paul Arellanes, information architect, IBM, Robert Berry, information developer, IBM, and Mike Harris, information architect, IBM.
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- | <h6>Presenter biographies</h6>
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- | Paul Arellanes is an information architect for the Power Hardware
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- | information development team. He is located at IBM's development
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- | facility in Austin, Texas. He has been with IBM for 9 years. During his
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- | tenure, Paul has been involved in various Web development and
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- | information development projects, some of which include:
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- | <li>development of IBM's DITA-based taxonomy
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+ | <span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: #333333"><strong>Level 1: Topics</strong></span>
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- | <li>developing better methods for collaborative information development
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+ | <span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: #333333"><strong>Level 2: Scalable Reuse</strong></span>
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- | <li>developing a DITA specialization for interactive information
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+ | <span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: #333333"><strong>Level 3: Specialization and Customization</strong></span>
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- | <li>developing the next generation build environment for information development teams
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+ | <span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: #333333"><strong>Level 4: Automation and Integration</strong></span>
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+ | <span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: #333333"><strong>Level 5: Semantics-on Demand</strong></span>
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+ | <span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: #333333"><strong>Level 6: Universal Semantic Ecosystem</strong></span>
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- | <li>developing methods for meta-data analysis</li>
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+ | <a href="http://na.justsystems.com/files/Whitepaper-DITA_MM.pdf" target="_blank">http://na.justsystems.com/files/Whitepaper-DITA_MM.pdf</a> (no<br />
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+ | <a href="/wiki/introduction-to-the-maturity-model" target="_blank">http://dita.xml.org/wiki/introduction-to-the-<span class="nfakPe">maturity</span>-<span class="nfakPe">model</span></a> (web version).<br />
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- | <span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: sans-serif">Robert Berry is an information developer
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- | at IBM's facility in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. Since 2006,
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- | he has led an internal effort to define a common subject taxonomy for IBM's
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- | product documentation, along with related tools and a supporting governance
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- | process. He has been with IBM for sixteen years. </span>
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- | <span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: sans-serif">Mike Harris is an Information Architect
| + | Sally Derrick, Borland, Colleen Reilly, Borland, Lisa Dyer, Lombardi Software, Noreen Mcmahan, Freescale, <span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: sans-serif">Tom Ciahak, Freescale, Mike Austin, Freescale. </span>
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- | at IBM Rochester. For the last several years, he has coordinated development
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- | of the Systems and Technology Group taxonomy and worked on processes to
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- | improve the consistency and quality of the metadata related to that taxonomy.
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- | He has been with IBM for nine years. </span>
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<h3>Meeting Details</h3><br />
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<h6>When</h6>
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- | September 24, 2008
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<h6>Where</h6>
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- | <li>5:30-6:00 Gather, Networking</li>
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- | <li>6:00-7:30 Joint Presentation </li>
| + | <li>7:30-8:30 Discussion Group </li>
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- | <li>7:30-8:00 Discussion, adminstration after presentation </li>
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<h6>Directions</h6>
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Revision of Wed, 2008-10-15 20:01:
Central Texas DITA User Group
Charter
The Central Texas DITA Users Group (CTDUG) exists to share and advance knowledge and adoption of DITA in the central Texas region.
Membership / More Info
It is free! Simply visit the CTDUG Yahoo Group site and click join.
October 2008 Meeting
DITA Maturity Model
Group discussion with Don Day.
Join local Austin companies as their writers, managers, and implementers discuss where they are on the DITA Maturity Model and where they would like to be. Here's the reading material for the DITA Maturity Model if you'd like to compare for yourself.The DITA Maturity Model: A Stepwise Approach to Enterprise Content
- Level 1: Topics
- Level 2: Scalable Reuse
- Level 3: Specialization and Customization
- Level 4: Automation and Integration
- Level 5: Semantics-on Demand
- Level 6: Universal Semantic Ecosystem
registration/agreement)
http://dita.xml.org/wiki/introduction-to-the-maturity-model (web version).
Discussion group participants
Sally Derrick, Borland, Colleen Reilly, Borland, Lisa Dyer, Lombardi Software, Noreen Mcmahan, Freescale, Tom Ciahak, Freescale, Mike Austin, Freescale.
Meeting Details
When
October 22, 2008Where
- Freescale Parmer facility (North Austin), C building (directions below)
- 7700 West Parmer Lane, Austin TX 78729
Agenda (Central time)
- 7:00-7:30 Gather, Networking
- 7:30-8:30 Discussion Group
- 8:30-9:00 Adminstration after presentation
Directions
- Google Maps link to Freescale's Parmer campus: http://tinyurl.com/23mqkz
Previous CTDUG Meeting Notes