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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>.
 
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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Joint meeting with Research Triangle Park via conference call.
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Group discussion with Don Day.
 
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DITA contains ready-to-go metadata structures, but what are best<br />
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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 />
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<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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(CMS). Join Paul Arellanes, Robert Berry, and Mike Harris from IBM for<br />
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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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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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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
http://na.justsystems.com/files/Whitepaper-DITA_MM.pdf (no
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, 2008
 
Where
  • 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

Previous CTDUG Meeting Notes

 

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