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SDIG Webinar on Automating FrameMaker to DITA Migration Now Available for Viewing

FrameMaker to DITA Presentation Intro Slide

DITA Europe Conference[/caption]Now that the http://f1.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/YHDCTmuGJwgZG06_MI0VrSOZvoSamNbkElg0K6FOt-oOgPUE1ccllxtQzmtXAadK3IsTk6sUBLo9Cko1HGa3og/Presentations/2011-10-19%20SDIG%20presentation has passed, the Semiconductor DITA implementor’s Group (SDIG) are now able to release the slide-deck and recording of the “Automating FrameMaker to DITA Migration” session Webinar. It had been embargoed at the request of the presenters, who were giving a version of that presentation at the conference. Here areRead More

Upcoming Free DITA 1.2 Webinars/Tutorials from DCL and Mekon

Data Conversion Laboratory and Mekon are partnering to do a set of three free Webinars/interactive tutorial sessions relating to DITA 1.2. I’ve been impressed with the previous sessions these folks have done, and I plan on attending these myself. Here’s what they plan to talk about and when: DITA 1.2: Keys and Conkeys – Wednesday,Read More

“DITA Best Practices” is Now Out

Update: I’m being given a copy of the book to review, so look for a review here sometime in the near future. At the beginning of this week a new book on DITA came out: DITA Best Practices, by Laura Bellamy, Michelle Carey and Jenifer Schlotfeldt. It’s subtitle nicely captures what it is about: “ARead More

Congility Releases Free Webinars on DITA and Related Topics

While looking for information on when and where the next Twelve DITA Implementations: Lessons Learnedconference will be (still no updates on that front as yet), I found that they have posted a series of free-to-download webinars on DITA, content management and related topics. It’s a solid set of subjects from some leading people in theRead More

October 19th SDIG Webinar: Automating FrameMaker to DITA Migration

The next free Semiconductor DITA Implementer’s Group (SDIG) webinar happens tomorrow (Wednesday, October 19th) starting at 11am EDT. This month’s presentation is a case study of how Sterling Commerce used automation tools (from Stilo) to migrate their existing FrameMaker-based content to DITA XML. This presentation is aimed at those contemplating content conversion from FrameMaker toRead More

Customer Feedback in Technical Docs Using DITA

Update November 10th 2011: The poor audio in the original version of the YouTube version of the presentation has been fixed, and all references to it below have been updated to point to the new link. While at the Congility conference earlier this year, I attended a great presentation (one of many at that conference)Read More

Semiconductor DITA Implementer’s Group (SDIG) is Back!

The SDIG folk are back after a summer hiatus, starting off with an open discussion of information development issues that people are facing in their DITA implementation. Basically we are looking for some good discussion as well as some ideas that you would like us to tackle for future presentation. Bob Beims will kick offRead More

The Reason and the Passion of XML

While browsing through the XML and DITA-related discussions on LinkedIn, I ran across a good post by Joe Gollner about the “why” argument about doing things in XML (as opposed to some other, proprietary format). He also dug up what I think is an exceptional presentation he did called “The Reason and the Passion ofRead More

Upcoming DITA Books

As DITA matures there are more books being written on the subject, aimed at technical writers looking to learn and use it effectively. There are a number of “first generation” titles already out, and I think it’s about time that we see some new entries in the marketplace. Here are some upcoming titles that IRead More

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