Praise for the Post Office
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.
Yes, you do need a Controlled Vocabulary
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.
STC 2010 Book Draw Results
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 [...]
New Books from The Rockley Group
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.
STC 2010 in Dallas
Come and meet us at the STC Conference in Dallas. We’ll be at booth 308 on the exhibition floor. Ann will also be presenting “Content Management in a Nutshell” as part of the Preconference Certificate Program on Saturday and Sunday, and “Developing a Structured Content Strategy” on Wednesday morning.
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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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