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--- Thu, 2009-10-29 19:29 by bob_beims
+++ Sat, 2010-02-06 18:27 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>November 2009 Meeting</h2>
+<h2>February 2010 Meeting</h2>
-<h3>Information Mapping and DITA</h3>
+<h3>DITA for Publishers<br />
+</h3>
 <p>
-Mike Austin will speak on his experience with Information Mapping and his experiences in driving use of IM as the structured content methodology at Freescale as they move into DITA-based, single-sourcing and content reuse.
+Eliot Kimber will talk about the DITA for Publishers plug-in developed for creating ebooks and additional publisher-centric deliverables using DITA.
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 <h4><strong>Presenter</strong></h4>
 <p>
-Mike Austin has worked as an information developer in the computer hardware, software, and semiconductor industries for 22 years. He first encountered Information Mapping at a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute technical writing seminar in the early 1990s and began applying the principles as much as possible within the traditional technical writing environments he encountered through the rest of that decade. It was not until 2003, working with Mark Nixon at StarCore, that he was allowed
+Eliot Kimber is a Senior Content Engineer at Really [] Strategies. Eliot has worked with essentially every <span class="caps">SGML</span>- and <span class="caps">XML</span>-related
-and actually encouraged to apply the Information Mapping method in a rigorous way. Now, at Freescale Semiconductor and again working with Mark Nixon, he is an information architect driving structured content development with the Information Mapping method as Freescale makes the transition from traditional unstructured content to a DITA-based production system.
+tool relevant to document authoring, management, and production that
+has been produced in the past 15 years. He is a founding member of the <span class="caps">W3C XML</span> Working Group and Co-editor, with Charles Goldfarb and Steve Newcomb, of <span class="caps">ISO</span>/IEC 10744:1996, HyTime 2nd Edition.
+</p>
+<p>
+As
+Senior Content Engineer at Really Strategies, Eliot leads publishers
+through various content management initiatives, including RSuite <span class="caps">CMS</span> implementations,  <span class="caps">XML</span> and desktop publishing applications, <span class="caps">DITA</span> requirements and standardization, and information and process analyses. He is fluent in <span class="caps">XML</span>, XSLT, <span class="caps">XSL</span>-FO, <span class="caps">DTD</span> development, <span class="caps">XSD</span> Schema, XPath, XQuery, XInclude, Xlink, and other standards that relate to information management and publishing.
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 <h3>Meeting Details</h3>
 <ul>
 	<li>
-	Wednesday November 11, 2009, 7:00 - 9:00 pm Central
+	Wednesday February 24, 2010, 6:30 networking, program at 7:00 pm Central
 	</li>
 </ul>
 <h4>Agenda</h4>
 <ul>
-	<li>7:00-7:30 - Networking</li>
+	<li>6:30-7:00 - Networking</li>
-	<li>7:30-8:30 - Presentation</li>
+	<li>7:00-8:00 - Presentation</li>
-	<li>8:30-9:00 - Question and answer session, discussion </li>
+	<li>8:00-8:30 - Question and answer session, discussion </li>
 </ul>
 <h4>Directions</h4>

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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.

February 2010 Meeting

DITA for Publishers

Eliot Kimber will talk about the DITA for Publishers plug-in developed for creating ebooks and additional publisher-centric deliverables using DITA.

Presenter

Eliot Kimber is a Senior Content Engineer at Really [] Strategies. Eliot has worked with essentially every SGML- and XML-related tool relevant to document authoring, management, and production that has been produced in the past 15 years. He is a founding member of the W3C XML Working Group and Co-editor, with Charles Goldfarb and Steve Newcomb, of ISO/IEC 10744:1996, HyTime 2nd Edition.

As Senior Content Engineer at Really Strategies, Eliot leads publishers through various content management initiatives, including RSuite CMS implementations, XML and desktop publishing applications, DITA requirements and standardization, and information and process analyses. He is fluent in XML, XSLT, XSL-FO, DTD development, XSD Schema, XPath, XQuery, XInclude, Xlink, and other standards that relate to information management and publishing.

Meeting Details

When

Wednesday February 24, 2010, 6:30 networking, program at 7:00 pm Central

Where

Freescale's Parmer campus
Classroom 110

Agenda

6:30-7:00 - Networking
7:00-8:00 - Presentation
8:00-8:30 - Question and answer session, discussion

Directions

http://tinyurl.com/fsl-austin-parmer
Enter building A and proceed to classroom 110 (ask the guard for directions if needed)