Volume 1

Issue 2

June 2004

Guest Contributors Cori Czekaj Strategies for Optimum Reuse Arbortext, Inc. cczekaj@arbortext.com Cori Czekaj is a Solution Architect, Data Modeler, and Project Manager for Arbortext, Inc. Cori has over six years of experience architecting, implementing, and managing XML-based, multichannel e-business and technical publishing solutions. With doctoral degrees in Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Cori is the primary ATI consulting contact for the MathFlow implementation with Design Science. She is a member of HL7 and the American Chemical Society.   Lou Rosenfeld Information Architecture is Just Plain Fun! An Interview with Lou Rosenfeld Information Architecture Consultant lou@louisrosenfeld.com Lou Rosenfeld is an independent information architecture consultant. He has been instrumental in helping establish the field of information architecture, and in articulating the role and value of librarianship within the field. Lou co-authored the widely respected "polar bear" book and, as founder and president of Argus Associates, he helped build one of the world's most admired information architecture firms. Lou is also co-founder and board member of the Asilomar Institute for Information Architecture.   Scott Abel In the News It's Not about Technology... It's about Methodology: HP's Lessons Learned The Content Wrangler abelsp@netdirect.net Scott Abel is a freelance technical writing specialist and content management strategist whose strengths lie in helping organizations improve the way they author, maintain, publish and archive their information assets.   Lisa Woods It's Not about Technology... It's about Methodology: HP's Lessons Learned Keane, Inc. Lisa_Woods@keane.com Lisa Woods is a senior technical writing consultant with Keane, Inc. She specializes in helping clients find the intersection between documentation assets and the audiences they serve. Rockley Contributors Pamela Kostur Issues in Information Architecture kostur@rockley.com Pamela Kostur is a Principal for The Rockley Group, specializing in information analysis, information modeling, and structured writing to support a unified content strategy. Pamela has been working in the technical communication field for over 18 years and during that time has completed many projects and presented papers at numerous conferences on topics including iterative usability, miscommunication, structured writing, editorial “magic”, building and managing intranets, creating usable online documentation, unified strategies for web-based learning, information modeling and analysis. Pamela is a co-author of Managing Enterprise Content: A Unified Content Strategy with Ann Rockley and Steve Manning.   Steve Manning Implementation: Issues with Granularity XML and DTDs: The Buy vs Build Argument manning@rockley.com Steve Manning is a Principal with The Rockley Group and has over 16 years experience in the documentation field. He is a skilled developer of online documentation (WinHelp, HTML Help, Web sites, XML, and Lotus Notes) and has created single source production methodologies using key online tools. Steve has extensive experience in project management and has managed a number of multiple media, single source projects. Steve teaches “An Introduction to XML” and "Enterprise Content Management" at the University of Toronto, and is a frequent speaker at conferences (ASIS, AUGI, STC, ACM SIGDOC, DIA) on the subject of XML and Content Management. Steve is a co-author of Managing Enterprise Content: A Unified Content Strategy with Ann Rockley and Pamela Kostur.   Ann Rockley Strategies for Optimum Reuse Semantic vs Generic Elements rockley@rockley.com Ann Rockley is an internationally recognized expert in enterprise content management. Ann established The Rockley Group to assist organizations in adopting content management, unified content strategies, and information architecture for content management. Ann has been instrumental in establishing the field of online documentation, single sourcing (content reuse), enterprise content management, and information architecture of content management. She is a frequent contributor to trade and industry publications and a featured speaker at numerous conferences in North America and Europe. Ann is the author of Managing Enterprise Content: A Unified Content Strategy with TRG Senior Consultants Pamela Kostur and Steve Manning.