The practical benefits of a DITA CMS are known to most in the technical documentation area. But the hurdles in implementing one are known as well to most. Implementing a DITA Content Management Solution (CMS) means substantial investments in time, money and personnel. On top of that, it has to be consistently kept up-to-date.
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Free Webinar Series: Unravelling the Mysteries of Cloud-based DITA CMS
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DITA Boot Camp in Wakefield, MA
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Training ClassDITA Boot Camp in San Jose, CA
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10 Mar 2014 - 08:30 - 14 Mar 2014 - 04:30Event Type:
Training ClassIn pursuit of the ultimate techCom information architecture
Should the Answer to a User Question be a Short or a Long Topic?
Blog entry: Submitted by Jonatan Lundin on Wed, 2014-02-19 16:07.
A user asks questions when stuck in product use. Displaying information-seeking behavior, they search for answers; and it’s you—the technical communicator—who is responsible for providing them with one. But then you get stuck as you ask yourself: how long should the answer be? As the question of topic size, (as in a DITA topic), continues to be controversial in the technical communication community, we also need to ask ourselves how the size of an answer relates to the size of a topic. My conclusion is that users prefer short answers. Why is this?
DITA QuickStart Webinar: Defining Your Conversion Requirements
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Converting existing content into DITA can help you reap the benefits of your new DITA documentation system and reach your target return on investment (ROI) more quickly. A quality conversion can also provide your authors with a solid foundation and benchmark from which to create new content, based on familiar, pre-existing material. In this webinar, Yehudit Lindblom and Joe Gelb from Suite Solutions will discuss the conversion process and steps to prepare specifications for your legacy conversion:
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