That’s Intelligent (use of) Content!
Posted on July 20, 2010 by Charles Cooper
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Penguin books have taken another step to broaden their reach from paper books to, well, everything. In addition to their line of children’s books/apps for the iPad, they have just announced an eBook with a tie-in to an upcoming TV mini-series. Read more
Jill Nagle interview with Ann Rockley
Posted on July 13, 2010 by Charles Cooper
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On July 12th, Jill Nagle of ZENGAGE had a short discussion with Ann about content strategy and customer service.
Jill’s been implementing content strategies for clients for a few years, and when she first started out, Ann was one of the people she looked to for guidance. Read more
Prediction comes true, SDL buys authoring tool (Xopus)
Posted on July 7, 2010 by Ann Rockley
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In 2008 after SDL had purchased Idiom, and bought a stake in Trisoft I asked the questions “could an XML-based authoring tool be in the offing for SDL as well?” Little did I know that that was in fact early days, as they fully acquired Trisoft and a year later they acquired XyEnterprise and all their tools. Now they have bought an XML-based authoring tool, truly giving them end-to-end functionality in XML and structured content. Read more
In the Land of Ebook Readers, how low can you go?
Posted on June 21, 2010 by Charles Cooper
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It’s an interesting time for those looking to purchase a device, any device, on which to read books. Read more
Webinar audio available – Exactly What NOT to Do When Making the Move from Print Publishing to New Media
Posted on June 21, 2010 by Charles Cooper
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If you’d like to hear the webinar “Exactly What NOT to Do When Making the Move from Print Publishing to New Media” with Ann Rockley and Brett Freedman again, or if you were unable to listen in at the scheduled time, it’s now available online.
Webinar: Exactly What NOT to Do When Making the Move from Print Publishing to New Media
Posted on June 7, 2010 by Charles Cooper
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Are you considering converting your printed documentation to some form of an eBook? There are pitfalls and problems along the way, but it doesn’t have to be as hard or frightening as some make it out to be.
Join Ann Rockley and Brett Freeman as they explain what NOT to do when making the move from print publishing to new media. Read more
Praise for the Post Office
Posted on May 14, 2010 by Charles Cooper
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It’s not something you hear too often, but I’m really impressed with the postal service.
I received a parcel at the office. It was from the US and of course, we’re here in Canada. OK, not that impressive, you’re thinking. I get parcels at the office all the time – even international ones. Read more
Yes, you do need a Controlled Vocabulary
Posted on May 10, 2010 by Charles Cooper
Filed Under Best Practices, Information Architecture, Taxonomy | 1 Comment
About a month ago I blogged about the question “ Do you need a Controlled Vocabulary?”
The post was a response to a statement from a client who doubted that people in his section of his company needed a controlled vocabulary, because he was sure that everyone used terms and names consistently. Read more
STC 2010 Book Draw Results
Posted on May 6, 2010 by Ann Rockley
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We’re back from STC 2010 in Dallas. It was a very busy week, with two days of pre-conference workshops and then a session on the final day. We met lots of new people, and got a chance to reconnect with old friends.
And of course, we’d like to announce the winners of our draw for the new 101 Series books.
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New Books from The Rockley Group
Posted on May 2, 2010 by Charles Cooper
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As part of our 101 Series, we’d like to announce three new books.
Following on the heels of the successful DITA 101: Fundamentals of DITA for Authors and Managers, we’re working on three new titles.
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New books in the 101 Series
Following on the heels of the successful DITA 101: Fundamentals of DITA for Authors and Managers, we're working on three new titles.
Steve Manning is writing Publishing DITA 101, Charles Cooper is writing Metadata 101 and Scott Able is writing Social Networking 101.
Each of these will be an easy to read, yet focused introduction to their own topic areas.
For more information, click here!
DITA 101
If you're in the process of implementing DITA, expect to do so in the future, or just want to learn more about it without having to wade through technical specifications, this is the book for you.
DITA 101 is designed for authors and managers. We've taken our years' of experience helping organizations to move to DITA and training our clients in creating DITA content and distilled it into an easy to read and understand format. Combined with our expertise in developing effective reuse strategies and adopting content management, this book covers everything you need to know to understand DITA from an authors or managers viewpoint.
Now available in hardcopy at at Amazon.com. Click here to order.
Available in hardcopy and PDF format at Lulu.com. Click here to order.
Not sure? Want a peek inside? To get a copy of Chapter 3, Reuse: Today's best practice, click here.
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
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This blog focuses on content component management; the tools and technology, best practices, structured content, information architecture, customer centric design and the user experience.
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