Diff for Central Texas DITA User Group

--- Tue, 2009-01-13 22:18 by bob_beims
+++ Tue, 2009-03-17 15:08 by annegentle
 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>January 2009 Meeting</h2>
+<h2>March 2009 Meeting</h2>
-<br />
-<h3>IBM DITA Wiki: Growing DITA Across the Enterprise</h3>
 <p>
-Are you curious about DITA and Wikis? Wondering whether a Wiki can be based on DITA as its source? Wondering if such DITA content can be developed by people who are not technical writers?
+After announcing the general availability of DITA2Confluence Release 1.2 earlier this month, Lisa Dyer will give a presentation about its adoption and use.
-</p>
-<p>
-This presentation discusses the IBM DITA Wiki, a tool designed to enable non-technical writers to collaboratively develop content by using reusable, semantically-rich DITA files. It will discuss the following areas:
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+DITA2Confluence Release 1.2 delivers many new features and enhancements requested by the growing DITA2Wiki community. From Lisa's blog entry about their use of it at Lombardi: &quot;It powers features that we think will make finding and using the available information much easier:
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-	<li>How the idea emerged and grew</li>
+	<li>Logical navigation of task-based topics</li>
-	<li>Development of the IBM DITA Wiki</li>
+	<li>Rich landing pages into the different areas of content</li>
-	<li>How we built community and helped people — subject matter experts and authors outside of technical publications — to learn to author in DITA</li>
+	<li>Efficient reuse of content across the wiki spaces (less duplication or jumping around)&quot;</li>
-	<li>Lessons learned and future ideas for the IBM DITA Wiki</li>
 </ul>
+<p>
+You can download the latest release now from the the open-source DITA2wiki Project at:
+</p>
+<p>
+<a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/dita2wiki/" target="_blank" title="Download DITA2Confluence 1.2">http://sourceforge.net/projects/dita2wiki/</a>
+</p>
+Join us for an interesting discussion and demonstration.<br />
+<br />
 <h6>Presenter</h6>
 <p>
-Don Day, IBM Architect, Lightweight DITA Publishing Solutions<br />
+Lisa Dyer, Engineering Manager<br />
-IBM Corp., User Technologies
+Lombardi Software, Information Development
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 <h3>Meeting Details</h3>
 <h6>When</h6>
-<blockquote><strong>NOTE:</strong> This is a joint session (via Live Meeting) with the RTP DITA User Group, and thus will start earlier than our usual time.</blockquote>
+<ul>
-<ul><li>
+	<li>
-Wednesday January 28, 2009, 5:30 - 7:30 pm Central
+	Wednesday March 25, 2009, 6:30 - 8:30 pm Central
-</li></ul>
+	</li>
+</ul>
 <h6>Where</h6>
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 <h6>Agenda</h6>
 <ul>
-	<li>5:30-6:00  Arrive and network</li>
+	<li>6:30-7:00  Arrive and network</li>
-	<li>6:00-7:00  IBM DITA Wiki presentation and demo</li>
+	<li>7:00-8:00 DITA2Wiki presentation and demo</li>
-	<li>7:00-7:30  Question and answer, discussion</li>
+	<li>8:00-8:30  Question and answer, discussion</li>
 </ul>
 <h6>Directions</h6>

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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.

March 2009 Meeting

After announcing the general availability of DITA2Confluence Release 1.2 earlier this month, Lisa Dyer will give a presentation about its adoption and use.

DITA2Confluence Release 1.2 delivers many new features and enhancements requested by the growing DITA2Wiki community. From Lisa's blog entry about their use of it at Lombardi: "It powers features that we think will make finding and using the available information much easier:

Logical navigation of task-based topics
Rich landing pages into the different areas of content
Efficient reuse of content across the wiki spaces (less duplication or jumping around)"

You can download the latest release now from the the open-source DITA2wiki Project at:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/dita2wiki/

Join us for an interesting discussion and demonstration.

Presenter

Lisa Dyer, Engineering Manager
Lombardi Software, Information Development

Meeting Details

When

Wednesday March 25, 2009, 6:30 - 8:30 pm Central

Where

Freescale's north campus
Building C entrance, Long Canyon A conference room
7700 Parmer Lane West
Austin, TX 78729