Above and Beyond Learning is producing several conferences in 2009. These events are focused on specific topics and feature user presentations, expert advice, and more!
The RealWorld DITA 2009 Conference
Conference on the Darwin Information Typing Architecture for Users, Managers, and Interested Parties
September 14-16, 2009
Raleigh, North Carolina USA
http://www.aboveandbeyondlearning.com/ditaconference.html
I'm pleased to announce that the Mylyn WikiText stand-alone package is available for download. The download contains jar files and documentation for including WikiText Ant tasks in your build or for using WikiText APIs outside of an Eclipse runtime.
The WikiText project is still in the incubation phase, thus users should be aware that the download has not yet completed a release review. The availability of WikiText stand-alone download enables users to try out WikiText prior to its release, including the much-anticipated wiki-to-DITA functionality.
Mif2Go provides rapid conversion from FrameMaker 6, 7.x, and 8 files, both structured and UNstructured, to DITA 1.0 and 1.1 maps and topics. Specializations are fully supported. Normally run from within FrameMaker; includes command-line operation utility, runfm, for use in automated build systems. Low cost. Free unlimited demo, and complete docs in many formats (including FrameMaker and DITA), available at download page below.
A new, complimentary report from Aberdeen Research:
A structured, or single-source, approach to technical communication can be contrasted with the traditional, unstructured or 'page orientated,' approach. In this approach, technical communications are created as whole pieces of content, often specific to a particular product line or configuration. By contrast, in a structured approach content is authored by topic in distinct sections that can be mixed and matched according to defined elements within 'chunks' of content.
