I have the honour of being the co-keynote speaker along with JoAnn Hackos at the DITA Europe 2014 conference happening in Munich, Germany on November 18-19. We’ll be speaking about The Challenges of DITA Adoption in Europe. I plan on presenting my latest survey on the state of DITA adoption—those who attended the IXIASOFT UserRead More
Tag: Localization
SDL Updates their Suite of DITA-related Tools
Early last week, in fact during their one-day DITA Fest conference, SDL announced a “new family of software products” under the banner of “SDL LiveContent”. Well, maybe not entirely new, and it was quickly evident either to anyone who has already been using their tools or has been watching the industry for a while thatRead 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
JoAnn Hackos’ Keynote on DITA and Translation Management
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
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
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
Multi-language Capabilities for DITA Does Not Come for Free
One of the main ROI arguments made for moving to DITA is the significant localization cost reductions that can be had: basically the more languages you output to, the better the ROI. It is worth noting though that multi-language capabilities does not come for free, as there are some one-time costs associated with going downRead More
The Four Stages of Cost Savings to Expect when Moving to an XML-based Documentation Process
JoAnn Hackos has published a good article in the recent edition of the Best Practices newsletter looking at where firms can anticipate cost savings when moving to using an XML-based documentation process. She makes a good case that companies that move to using XML in their production of their technical documentation can look to gainRead More