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DITA Metrics Articles

When I was trying to figure out the best ways to measure the type of output that my group produces, I found most of what I needed online. Here are the sources I found helpful. Useful Pre-DITA Era Articles on Metrics Articles on how to take metrics for technical documentation groups were few and farRead More

Bob Beims on Delivering Docs to Customers in New Formats

This video on YouTube was just pointed out to me by Bob Beims, showing him at some sort of trade show where he is talking about how Freescale is trying to reach out to their customers by giving them the information they need in whatever platform they need it in. Consider that DITA XMLRead More

“What is Localization?” YouTube Video

This has nothing to do with DITA per se, but it is funny. This was a short video shown at the CSOFT 2011 Summit, featuring their Marketing Manager Zach interviewing people on the street in Beijing asking them what they think “localization” is. Can’t help but think that he would get the same reaction inRead More

CIDM Webinar: “DITA Metrics in Production: How, When, Where and Why (and How Much?)”

I am presenting an updated version of the presentation I gave at the Baltimore DITA Conference for the Center for Information-Development Management folks tomorrow. It is called “DITA Metrics in Production: How, When, Where and Why (and How Much?)” and focuses on how to gather DITA-based metrics and use them to focus on quality andRead More

JoAnn Hackos’ Keynote on DITA and Translation Management

Translation Costs Slide from JoAnn Hackos' Keynote Speech

Another day of seminars and workshops at the localization summit. There was a new service/product announcement and champaign corks were popped by it’s developers. There was also a good presentation on risk management for localization within the pharmaceutical domain. In the evening there was a light classical music concert, followed by a reception where IRead More

Another “Other DITA”

Just about anyone who has ever done a basic search on “DITA” on Google is bound to have seen images not of finely-honed XML, but of the impossibly curvaceous figure of burlesque artist Dita von Teese, former wife of Marilyn Manson. When talking to Bill Hackos he phrased it as a joke, asking me ifRead More

Avoid Doing a “Hail Mary” Pass when Doing a DITA Implementation

Bill Hackos Presenting at the CSOFT World Summit 2011

Am in Beijing, attending a localization summit hosted by CSOFT International. I did a presentation on future development plans my company is doing, and how localization factors into how we reach out to our customers. (DITA did get a mention, but it wasn’t the focus of the presentation). Prior to my presentation were those byRead More

SDIG Presentation: The DITA-Enabled Language Service Provider

The next SDIG free Webinar presentation will be of interest to anyone who has their DITA-based content localized. The presentation on Wednesday (starting at 10am CST) will be presented by Donald A. DePalma, Ph.D., who is the Chief Strategy Officer and Founder of Common Sense Advisory, Inc. a firm dedicated helping both buyers and vendorsRead More

Ann Rockley’s Keynote Presentation at Congility 2011

Just came back from hearing Ann Rockley’s keynote presentation of the 2011 conference. This was the first time I have had the opportunity to hear her speak at a conference, and she gave a good presentation that was aimed at firms that are considering the move to DITA or some other type of structured authoring.Read More

March 23rd SDIG Webinar: An Insight into the Benefits of SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics)

Tomorrow’s always-free Semiconductor’s DITA Implementer’s Group (SDIG) webinar features star presenter JoAnn Hackos along with Harold Trent from Comtech, the organization best known for organizing the Content Management Strategies/DITA conferences. It starts on Wednesday, May 04, 2011 10:00 AM-11:30 AM Central Time (US & Canada), which is 11:00AM-12:30PM in the Eastern Time Zone. The linkRead More