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Leadership

OASIS

Co-Chair DITA for Enterprise Business Documents Subcommittee
http://wiki.oasis-open.org/dita/BusDocs

Content Management Professionals
Founding Member
Ann Rockley President 2005
www.cmprofessionals.org

Society for Technical Communication

Ann Rockley Fellow 2005
www.stc.org

From the Rockley Blog

Content Management – A blessing and a curse or how I became overhead…

Posted on July 14, 2008 by Tamsin Douglas

As I sit here in Bora Bora, I can finally take a breath. It’s 6 pm. I have been trying since 5 pm to tear myself away from my cube so that I could take a few minutes to clarify my thoughts regarding our Content Management System. Lest you think I am sitting on a beach, I should let you know that the Bora Bora I am referring to is actually a meeting room and also serves as the CEO’s office when he’s in town. more...

Serving Multiple Touch-points – Old School Tricks

Posted on July 4, 2008 by Philippe Robitaille

As the old adage goes, “It costs more to find a customer than to keep a customer”. You can keep your customers satisfied by knowing them better and serving up the most appropriate content in the form that suits them best. In the old days, we could get by using manual means to manipulate corporate information into printed matter. more...

The Flavors of CM: Content Management vs Document Management

Posted on July 2, 2008 by Steve Manning

There are many different perspectives around on what content management is and isn’t and what a Content Management system needs to do. more...

What about OpenXML?

Posted on May 30, 2008 by Steve Manning

Every now and again, we’re asked a question like, “We’ve decided to move to XML. Can we use OpenXML instead of something like DocBook or DITA?” The question comes up because Open XML gets a lot of press. more...

Second Life - Use the metaphor to your advantage

Posted on April 29, 2008 by Charles Cooper

Before I leave Second Life for a while, I thought I’d give the good people at WWF a few pointers for their SecondLife island. more...

Publications

Component Content Management Report


XML & Component Content Management Report 2008

At long last, the XML & Component Content Management Report 2008 is ready!

A year in the making, and based on extensive technology research and customer interviews, this groundbreaking report evaluates fourteen major CCM suppliers and five prominent XML Editor tools. The 363-page report also documents industry best practices and identifies common pitfalls to avoid when selecting and implementing a CCM system.

Brought to you by CMS Watch with analysis by The Rockley Group, this report provides you with essential background to understand the CCM space.

Read Bob Glushko's review here.

To purchase your copy, or to see a sample excerpt, visit www.cmswatch.com/CCM/Report.

 

Managing Enterprise Content: A Unified Content Strategy


Managing Enterprise Content: A Unified Content Strategy

"This book is destined to become the industry standard for implementing content management"

Judith L. Glick-Smith, Amazon reviewer

Buy it...

For more information see the book website.