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10, Issue 5 |
May 2008
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LEAD STORIES
OVERHEARD ON THE WEB
The Mass Amateurization of Publishing
OTHER NEWS
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Structure and Content: An Unhappy Couple
(and other CMS Horror Stories)
- What's your DQ?
GREAT WEB SITES YOU'VE LIKELY NOT SEEN
Playing with Time
ASIDE
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Old Models and Classic Games
QUOTE OF THE MONTH
FAVORITES
Popular articles from recent issues
EXTRA
Upcoming conferences
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DITA/TechComm Conference
November 3-6, 2008 -- Raleigh, NC USA |
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Come join us for an "anti-conference," an event for real users with real technical needs, where we provide access to real experts with real answers.
In four highly-focused days this conference combines the technical ideas of DITA and XML with the publishing tools used for technical communications. So you'll get the solutions you need to publish faster, smarter, and better.
Stop wasting time struggling on your own. Come let our experts--and users who've been there--show you how!
Register now at http://www.brightpathsolutions.com/nobull and save up to $100 by using the discount code "DCLABS NEWS."
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LEAD
STORIES
Striving for Success in DITA Conversion - A Quick Reference
May 29, 2008: DCLNews
In this quick reference article on DITA success Noz Urbina of Mekon, Ltd., applies the principles of "measure twice, cut once" when choosing content sets for conversion; and offers some sound advice for balancing legacy content with converted content. You'll also want to read his quick solutions for avoiding problems when converting FrameMaker and Word docs to DITA. Noz has years of experience in mark-up technology, training and services, and his main interest, mastering "the magic nexus" where business goals, end-user sensitivities, and technology must all synergise.
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Content Sharing at Redback - Lessons Learned
May 29, 2008: DCLNews
Redback Networks wanted to start small and first focus on the ideas of sharing content-among writers, among products, and among outputs-before committing to something as ominous sounding as Enterprise Content Management. So they limited their project to tech pubs to help guarantee a success, before moving on to other types of content. And it worked! Listen to Don Bridges's interview with the Content Sharing Project lead, Indira Rimkeit of Redback Networks, to learn how they did it.
Click for recorded interview
OVERHEARD ON THE WEB
The Mass Amateurization of Publishing
May 29 2008: Scott Abel, The Content Wrangler
There's a revolution taking place right now. You're part of it and may not even realize that you are. It's been dubbed the "mass amateurization of publishing", made possible by Web 2.0 technologies like blogs and wikis. Add to the mix, social networking platforms like Ning, Facebook, and Linkedin. Social networks are superior to their predecessors like listservs and discussion forums but take an investment of time to keep up on the latest word. That's why this month we're introducing a new feature called "Overheard on the Web" which aims to provide a quick glimpse into some of the discussions taking place online that may be of interest to you.
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OTHER NEWS
Structure and Content: An Unhappy Couple (and other CMS Horror Stories)
May 10, 2008: www.web-strategist.com
Launching an electronic document project can be painful, especially if you have to maintain services while you're implementing. It helps to be able to learn from others. In this very instructive article, five brave health care facilities share what went wrong with their launches, how they fixed problems before things got worse, and what they might have done differently.
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What's your DQ?
April 2008: www.ditanews.com
Check out this handy tool for evaluating whether your organization could benefit from a DITA solution. Just answer a few questions about content management, single-sourcing, localization, etc, and get back an instant DITA quotient profile you can use. You can use the industry averages to compare your organization to others who have taken the DITA Quotient.
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GREAT WEB SITES YOU'VE LIKELY NOT SEEN
Playing with Time
Sometimes life moves at a snail's pace. Other times you look up and wonder where the last twenty years have gone. The developers of this amazing site have created a place you can go to see it pass before you-at whatever speed you choose. Watch a forest in upstate New York move through its seasons or the Cape Cod beach front evolve over 7,000 years of receding glaciers, rising waters and fluctuations in the Earth's atmosphere. There's even a place to submit your ideas for time elapsed projects (like your wife's growing baby bump) and collaborate with other time-sensitive types.
Note: QuickTime™ 5 is required to view this movie. Click here to download the plug-in.
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ASIDE
Old Models and Classic Games
oldcomputers.net
Though you may feel at times that your computer has been taken over by aliens, you may not have ever thought of it as having a personality of its own. But the archivists of the Obsolete Technology Website think so. They claim that early computers were "each different and more exciting than the previous, with new features and capabilities." Check out these vintage models and the ads that made them sell. You can also play classic video games like Space Invaders--just like when you were in junior high.
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QUOTE OF THE MONTH
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"The most effective way to do it, is to do it."
-- Amelia Earhart, aviation pioneer
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FAVORITES
Popular articles from recent issues
May 29, 2008
How to Rewrite your Content for Reuse: Part II
http://www.dclab.com/reusable_content2.asp
How to Rewrite Content for Reuse: Part I
http://www.dclab.com/reusable_content.asp
DocBook versus DITA:
Will the Real Standard Please Stand Up?
http://www.dclab.com/dita_docbook.asp
The Dawning of the Age of Content-and why Content Convergence Matters
http://www.dclab.com/content_convergence.asp
EXTRA
Upcoming conferences
PTC/USER World Event , June 1-4, 2008, Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach, CA. See the DCL presentation.
Mark Logic User Conference June 10-12, 2008, Intercontinental Hotel, San Francisco, CA. Visit the DCL Exhibit.
See Mikhail Vaysbukh present How to get the Most out of Content Migration to DITA at X-Pubs 2008 June 22-24, 2008, London Heathrow Mariott Hotel, London, UK
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DCLnews Staff
Publisher:
Mark Gross, President DCL
Editor:
Diane Wieland for
The Content Wrangler,
dmwiel@comcast.net
Data Conversion Laboratory, Inc.
61-18 190th St., 2nd Floor
Fresh Meadows, NY 11365
Telephone: 718-357-8700
Website: www.dclab.com
Editorial: dclnews@dclab.com
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