PDF is still one of the main deliverables for documentation.
There has long been this belief by some that handcrafting documents with a WYSIWYG (What you see is what you get) solution is the only way possible to achieve good results. The reality is that batch document formatting provides a much better solution and address the total business requirement - WYDSIWYN (What you don't see is what you need).
For current business needs batch document formatting offers the best solution, especially when the content is XML and stored in a CMS.
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WYDSIWYN (What you don’t see is what you need) – In defense of batch document formatting
1. Lavacon – 2015 Speaker submission
• WYDSIWYN (What you don’t see is what you need) – In defense of
batch document formatting
• Track: Produce
• Type of session: Lecture / with content from case studies
• Speaker: Michael Miller
• Michael Miller is Vice President at Antenna House. For over 30 years,
he has been involved in high-end document formatting and document
management and has an extensive background with structured data,
including SGML, XML, S1000D, and DITA. He has worked extensively
in Europe and North America and has been involved in the
implementation of hundreds of systems for automated document
formatting. Michael's has always been involved in applying computer
and technology to printing and document formatting.
2. 23 Feb 2015
WYDSIWYN
WYSIWYG
What you don't see is what you need
XSL-FO, CSS paged media
What you see is what your get
Framemaker, InDesign
In Defense of Batch Document
Formatting
3. The Reality
PDF is still one of the main deliverables for documentation.
There has long been this belief by some that handcrafting
documents with a WYSIWYG (What you see is what you get)
solution is the only way possible to achieve good results. The
reality is that batch document formatting provides a much better
solution and address the total business requirement - WYDSIWYN
(What you don't see is what you need).
For current business needs batch document formatting offers the
best solution, especially when the content is XML and stored in a
CMS.
4. The challenges and driving forces:
• Controlling costs.
• Multilingual documents.
• More pages and more publications than ever before.
• Working in a global community.
• Integrating multiple sources of content.
• Standards.
• High quality, consistent output
• Supporting re-purposing of content
• Supports the investment in content rather than presentation
• Availability of resources
5. Goals
• Lower Costs
• Shorter time to market
• Better information distribution
• Increased security and control
• Higher Productivity
• Enhanced document quality
6. What you don’t see is what you need!
PDF
DITA -OT
Global Access
Project Tracking
Electronic Delivery
Network Integration
Multilingual Formatting
Automated Document Formatting
Integration with Content
Management
“WYDSIWYN”
Editor's Notes
The theme for today is XML Publishing. The key here is XML, a standard. The standard makes it possible to use a variety of tools.
Typesetting and document layout is an art with rules that date back hundreds of years.
Typesetting cannot meet today’s business needs, but we still have to preserve the art and rules of document formatting.