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March 2002, Volume 4, Issue 3
www.dclab.com/dclnews0403.asp
The latest on:
Data conversion, e-publishing,
e-commerce, technology, e-books,
XML & SGML, IETMs
Plus top stories, interviews,
and this month's offbeat news...
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In this edition...
** TECH DOCS DOWN THE WELL... **
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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I. DCL-NEWS EXCLUSIVES
- Oil giant Schlumberger harness XML power
- The new knowledge economy and how XML is set to
play a key role in shaping it
- Working with DCL: Tech doc account manager
rejects "canned" presentations...
>>> EXTRA!!!
- DCL Library gets thumbs-up from ContentBlog ezine
- New FAQ -- XML or SGML, with should I start with?
- FREE newsletter for aviation pros and flyers
II. OTHER NEWS
- UK students favor digital info
- E-books go down a storm with senior surfers
- DoD tool key driver in government e-learning
- Vision of e-book revolution - Sci Fi or reality?
- Info at hand for medics
III. ASIDES
- Flight insanity?
- Irish drinkers cry "blasphemy!"
IV. BEST OF DCL-NEWS
- Read the best stories from previous issues
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I. DCL-NEWS EXCLUSIVES
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<<< SCHLUMBERGER HARNESS XML-POWER >>>
When oil well services giant Schlumberger decided to set up an XML
publishing system and convert their business-critical
documents to XML, they had a big standardization problem on
their hands...
Find out how they dealt with it at:
http://www.dclab.com/schlumberger.asp
<<< THE NEW KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY AND XML >>>
In his new book, "The Wealth of Knowledge," top business
journalist Thomas Stewart argues that companies can make
millions of dollars by managing knowledge more effectively.
The realization of the importance of knowledge to the
corporation came at the same time as the emergence of XML as
a tool to organize knowledge. Commenting on this point, Mark
Gross, president of Data Conversion Laboratory, said: "XML
ties right into making intellectual capital more valuable
into the 21st century..."
Read more at:
http://www.dclab.com/wealth_knowledge.asp
<<< WORKING WITH DATA CONVERSION LABORATORY >>>
DCL tech doc account manager, Don Bridges, rejects "canned"
presentations in favor of getting to the roots of a client's
conversion needs...
Find out why at:
http://www.dclab.com/profile_donbridges.asp
----------- EXTRA!!!
<<< DCL LIBRARY GETS THUMBS-UP FROM CONTENTBLOG >>>
Anne Holland, editor of ContentBlog ezine, gave
the thumbs up to the DCL Library recently -
recommending readers visit the popular resource with
their document conversion questions.
New material is added all the time, so stop by
regularly...
http://www.dclab.com/dcllibrary.asp
~~~THIS MONTH'S FEATURED FAQ:
<<< XML OR SGML - WHICH SHOULD I START WITH? >>>
DCL's chief tech officer, Mike Gross, was challenged this
month to "cut the technical mumbo jumbo" and answer the
following question: XML vs. SGML - which should I start
with?
Find out how Mike rose to the challenge at:
http://www.dclab.com/dclfaq.asp#xmlvsgml
<<< FREE NEWSLETTER FOR AVIATION PROS AND FLYERS >>>
If you work in the commercial aviation business (or
are a frequent flier), we've found a FREE newsletter
you may find useful. It's called the ATA SmartBrief, and is
published by the Air Transport Association.
It's a no-cost daily newsletter that focuses on up-to-the-
minute commercial aviation issues under the topics of
Company Watch, Regulatory Update, and Industry Trends.
Put on your flying goggles and check it out at:
http://www.smartbrief.com/ata/
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II. OTHER NEWS
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<<< UK STUDENTS TURN TO ELECTRONIC SOURCES FOR INFO >>>
A survey of three hundred British college students found
that 63 percent would turn to the internet for information
rather than buying books, and 22 percent would use e-books.
Is this an e-book revolution waiting in the wings?
Judge for yourself at:
http://www.dclab.com/dclnews0403.asp#estudents
and...
<<< E-BOOKS GO DOWN A STORM WITH SENIOR SURFERS >>>
At this year's annual meeting of the Association of American
Publishers (AAP), the discussion turned to e-books. And the
association's head, Patricia Schroeder, revealed that she
couldn't bring herself to try the new format. "Can I label
myself a creature of habit?" she asked. "I'm 61 years old
and think this is going to be harder for people like me to
change..."
But she could well be mistaken. Large numbers of her peer
group are taking to computers and the web - some are even
writing e-books...
Find out more, go to:
http://www.dclab.com/dclnews0403.asp#silversurfers
and...
<<< DOD TOOL KEY DRIVER OF GOVERNMENT E-LEARNING >>>
An interoperability tool developed by Department of Defense
researchers has become a key driver in the growth of
government e-learning. The tool, called Sharable Content
Object Reference Model, or SCORM, allows companies to
develop and share e-learning products on any computer
platform...
Pick up the story at:
http://www.dclab.com/dclnews0403.asp#dodtool
and...
<<< VISION OF AN E-BOOK REVOLUTION - SCI FI OR REALITY? >>>
Glenn Sanders, Director of the Electronic Publishing
Resource Center (EPRC), has posted a powerful vision of the
near future, in which e-books and e-publications are
ubiquitous, and integrated with networks and the web, and
viewable in many mediums, including "wearable" computers.
Is Sanders vision rooted in reality or Science Fiction?
Make up your own mind, go to:
http://www.dclab.com/dclnews0403.asp#ebookfuture
plus...
<<< INFO AT HAND FOR MEDICS >>>
A new product from Ovid Technologies, called
Ovid@Hand, allows medical professionals to download
vital information to their hand held computers, or PDAs...
Read more, go to:
http://www.dclab.com/dclnews0403.asp#medics
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III. ASIDES
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<<< FLIGHT INSANITY? >>>
New book says 2 percent of traveling public are certifiably
insane...
Read more, at:
http://www.dclab.com/dclnews0403.asp#flight
plus...
<<< FAST BEER BLASPHEMY >>>
Irish drinkers give thumbs down to speeding up pouring time
of Guinness stout, their national tipple...
Get a pint of the black stuff at:
http://www.dclab.com/dclnews0403.asp#fastbeer
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IV. BEST OF DCL-NEWS
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Read through a selection of the best stories and
discussion from previous issues of DCLnews. You'll find
articles on e-books, technology, Internet, data
conversion, military and defense, and digital publishing -
as well as news on the wild side...
Go to:
http://www.dclab.com/bestof.asp
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at...
http://www.dclab.com/DCLNews.asp#prev
Articles:
---- PENS GO DIGITAL
---- ENRON'S DIGITAL SMOKING GUNS
---- TOP UNIVERSITIES LAUNCH E-PUBLISHING VENTURE
---- WHO WROTE THAT?
---- EUROS PENNY-PINCH ON WEB CONTENT
---- LETHAL WEAPON
---- STAR TREK-STYLE EYE-IN-THE-SKY
---- U.S. ARMY SAYS CITIES WILL BE BATTLEFIELDS OF NEAR
FUTURE
---- PROFESSIONAL PIGS
---- POSTCARD-SENDING DOG
---- FOR THE BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL GETTING WIRED WAS A
WINNING MARKETING MOVE
---- SOPHISTICATED LOGISTICS UNDERPIN U.S. MILITARY MIGHT
---- DIGITAL DIAPERS
---- THUMBS UP OR DOWN FOR E-BOOKS
---- BATTLE TECH
---- CONTENT IS KING FOR ONLINE AUTO TRADERS
---- DCL PRESIDENT QUOTED IN WIRED NEWS
---- WEATHERING THE ECONOMIC STORM
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