The transition from unstructured to structured content can be daunting. A good working relationship with a trusted partner can work wonders to make the process easier for the writing team and save time.
Surviving the Transition to DITA: Trusted Partners can Ease the PainNicki L. Davis, Ph.D.
Many companies are moving their content to DITA, a process that can be daunting for players who are new to such migrations and might not fully understand what they are getting into. In this practical, from-the-trenches presentation, you’ll learn from the experience of a team of 8 writers tasked with converting 10,000 pages of unstructured legacy content into structured (“intelligent”) DITA content. We describe problems encountered and provide suggestions for making things go more smoothly. A critical factor in the success of the project was the use of expert partners for some tasks. The net result was clearer, more usable content and greater expertise for the writing team at a substantial savings over doing it all ourselves.
Case Study: The Value of Partnership During Conversiondclsocialmedia
The transition from unstructured to structured content can be daunting. A good working relationship with a trusted partner can work wonders to make the process easier for the writing team and save time. On the other hand, choosing an inexperienced but seemingly inexpensive vendor can result in costly rework.
DocOps: Documentation at the Speed of AgileMary Connor
Presented at Keep Austin Agile 2016: How to we make documentation "Agile", given the Agile Manifesto? How do you get into the Definition of Done? What does "DocOps" mean, in the simplest and broadest terms? What should your requirements be for a DocOps transformation, and how do you find a tool stack that fits them? Where do you start, and how do you escape a waterfall reengineering of your legacy docs?
Surviving the Transition to DITA: Trusted Partners can Ease the PainNicki L. Davis, Ph.D.
Many companies are moving their content to DITA, a process that can be daunting for players who are new to such migrations and might not fully understand what they are getting into. In this practical, from-the-trenches presentation, you’ll learn from the experience of a team of 8 writers tasked with converting 10,000 pages of unstructured legacy content into structured (“intelligent”) DITA content. We describe problems encountered and provide suggestions for making things go more smoothly. A critical factor in the success of the project was the use of expert partners for some tasks. The net result was clearer, more usable content and greater expertise for the writing team at a substantial savings over doing it all ourselves.
Case Study: The Value of Partnership During Conversiondclsocialmedia
The transition from unstructured to structured content can be daunting. A good working relationship with a trusted partner can work wonders to make the process easier for the writing team and save time. On the other hand, choosing an inexperienced but seemingly inexpensive vendor can result in costly rework.
DocOps: Documentation at the Speed of AgileMary Connor
Presented at Keep Austin Agile 2016: How to we make documentation "Agile", given the Agile Manifesto? How do you get into the Definition of Done? What does "DocOps" mean, in the simplest and broadest terms? What should your requirements be for a DocOps transformation, and how do you find a tool stack that fits them? Where do you start, and how do you escape a waterfall reengineering of your legacy docs?
Painless XML Authoring?: How DITA Simplifies XMLScott Abel
Presented at DocTrain East 2007 by Bob Doyle, DITA Users -- This introduction to XML Authoring will acquaint you with over fifty tools aimed at structuring content with DITA. They are not just DITA-compliant authoring tools (editors) for writers. They also include content management systems (CMS), translation management systems (TMS), and dynamic publishing engines that fully support DITA. You will also need to know about tools that convert legacy documents to DITA and help to design stylesheets for DITA deliverables. The best DITA tools for technical communicators implement the DITA standard while hiding all the complexity of the underlying XML (eXtensible Markup Language).
As a tech writer and not a tech, you should be able to forget about XML - except to know that you are using it (DITA is XML) and that it consists of named content elements (or components) with attributes. You need to know enough about the content elements so you can reference (conref) them for reuse. You need to know about their attributes so you can filter on them for conditional processing. And you should appreciate that because components are uniquely identifiable they lend themselves perfectly to automated dynamic assembly using a publishing engine.
We will describe how you can get started with structured writing without knowing XML or installing anything.
The promise of topic-based structured authoring is not simply better documentation. It is the creation of mission-critical information for your organization, written with a deep understanding of your most important audiences, that can be repurposed to multiple delivery channels and localized for multilingual global markets. You are not just writing content, you are preparing the information deliverables that enhance the value of your organization in all its markets.
To do that well, you must understand the latest tools in structured writing that are revolutionizing corporate information systems - today in documentation but tomorrow throughout the enterprise, from external marketing to internal human resources. Whether you are trying to push a new product into a new market or are “onboarding” a new employee, the need for high quality information to educate the customer or train the new salesperson is a challenge for technical communicators. You need to think outside the docs!
The key idea behind Darwin Information Typing Architecture is to create content in small chunks or modules called topics. A topic is the right size when it can stand alone as meaningful information. Topics are then assembled into documents using DITA maps, which are hierarchical lists of pointers or links to topics. The pointers are called “topicrefs” (for topic references).
Think of documents as assembled from single-source component parts. Assembly can be conditional, dependent on properties or metadata “tags” you attach to a topic. For example, the “audience” property might be “beginner” or “advanced.”
At a still finer level of granularity, individual elements of a topic can also be assigned property tags for conditional assembly. More importantly, a topic element can be assigned a unique ID that makes it a content component reusable in other topics.
As you will learn, DITA is a leading technology for “component content management,” which multiplies the value of your work. You need to leverage DITA and structured content to multiply your income.
Understanding and Communicating the Financial Impact of XML & DITAScott Abel
You already know that XML and DITA for documentation and publishing boast extreme productivity and cost-savings, as well as revenue opportunities. But how can you build your case to the executives to get the green light?
Come to this session to discover your potential financial returns. Learn how to calculate the cost of your current processes, and calculate the potential savings with new technology for authoring, re-use automation, localization, review, and publishing. You can then use these ROI calculations for budget requests and business cases to senior executives, to set expectations with the team and stakeholders, and track project success.
You’ll learn how to:
* Quantify and calculate savings in authoring, localization, reviewing, and publishing
* Build your business case for DITA including sample scenarios and calculations
* Communicate your proposed savings to senior executives
* Save 20 - 40% on authoring, 25-50% on localization costs, and over 50% on your existing publishing costs.
Presented by Alan Houser at Documentation and Training West, May 6-9, 2008
DITA provides an end-to-end architecture for authoring, managing, and publishing topic-oriented technical information. DITA may appear to be an ideal solution for authoring and maintaining online help systems. However, the DITA specification does not directly accommodate many of the customary and expected features provided by conventional help authoring tools. Learn how you can use DITA today to deliver online help, and learn what the DITA Technical Committee is doing to make DITA more directly usable for online help in the future.
Attendees will learn the following:
* How features of the DITA architecture map to the structure of conventional online help systems
* Why DITA can provide an ideal solution for authoring, maintaining, and delivering online help
* Current issues and limitations when using DITA for online help
* Common features of help authoring tools and how they map to (or don’t map to) DITA
* Approaches for maintaining and delivering DITA-based context-sensitive help
We've used DITA/XML for ten years. But we're just beginning to figure out the best tools to use for different technical documentation tasks. This slide deck summarizes our successes and a few of our wrong turns--and what we're doing to change direction.
Kamon Ayeva Antipatterns, Patterns, And Rules Of Thumb For Successful Plone...Vincenzo Barone
Plone is cool, powerful and does what it promises. But any ambitious Plone project is difficult if you don't pay attention to some prerequisites and follow some rules, both general and specific to the Plone world. This presentation hopes to help people involved in Plone projects to stop worrying and experience bad or unproductive communication we see sometimes, and adopt a new mantra : "Let's deliver that project and move on to the next one !" Based on the experience of the community at large, we are going to review the traps, the requirements, and how to approach problems if you want your project to succeed. In the tradition of "reuse what already works", you can apply already known project management patterns and antipatterns to your Plone project. You will be surprised to see that it works ! More importantly, the session will bring advices to the different parties of a project (the Company/User and the Consultant/Developer/Provider), and investigate how they can work together for a better outcome for the end-user.
Painless XML Authoring?: How DITA Simplifies XMLScott Abel
Presented at DocTrain East 2007 by Bob Doyle, DITA Users -- This introduction to XML Authoring will acquaint you with over fifty tools aimed at structuring content with DITA. They are not just DITA-compliant authoring tools (editors) for writers. They also include content management systems (CMS), translation management systems (TMS), and dynamic publishing engines that fully support DITA. You will also need to know about tools that convert legacy documents to DITA and help to design stylesheets for DITA deliverables. The best DITA tools for technical communicators implement the DITA standard while hiding all the complexity of the underlying XML (eXtensible Markup Language).
As a tech writer and not a tech, you should be able to forget about XML - except to know that you are using it (DITA is XML) and that it consists of named content elements (or components) with attributes. You need to know enough about the content elements so you can reference (conref) them for reuse. You need to know about their attributes so you can filter on them for conditional processing. And you should appreciate that because components are uniquely identifiable they lend themselves perfectly to automated dynamic assembly using a publishing engine.
We will describe how you can get started with structured writing without knowing XML or installing anything.
The promise of topic-based structured authoring is not simply better documentation. It is the creation of mission-critical information for your organization, written with a deep understanding of your most important audiences, that can be repurposed to multiple delivery channels and localized for multilingual global markets. You are not just writing content, you are preparing the information deliverables that enhance the value of your organization in all its markets.
To do that well, you must understand the latest tools in structured writing that are revolutionizing corporate information systems - today in documentation but tomorrow throughout the enterprise, from external marketing to internal human resources. Whether you are trying to push a new product into a new market or are “onboarding” a new employee, the need for high quality information to educate the customer or train the new salesperson is a challenge for technical communicators. You need to think outside the docs!
The key idea behind Darwin Information Typing Architecture is to create content in small chunks or modules called topics. A topic is the right size when it can stand alone as meaningful information. Topics are then assembled into documents using DITA maps, which are hierarchical lists of pointers or links to topics. The pointers are called “topicrefs” (for topic references).
Think of documents as assembled from single-source component parts. Assembly can be conditional, dependent on properties or metadata “tags” you attach to a topic. For example, the “audience” property might be “beginner” or “advanced.”
At a still finer level of granularity, individual elements of a topic can also be assigned property tags for conditional assembly. More importantly, a topic element can be assigned a unique ID that makes it a content component reusable in other topics.
As you will learn, DITA is a leading technology for “component content management,” which multiplies the value of your work. You need to leverage DITA and structured content to multiply your income.
Understanding and Communicating the Financial Impact of XML & DITAScott Abel
You already know that XML and DITA for documentation and publishing boast extreme productivity and cost-savings, as well as revenue opportunities. But how can you build your case to the executives to get the green light?
Come to this session to discover your potential financial returns. Learn how to calculate the cost of your current processes, and calculate the potential savings with new technology for authoring, re-use automation, localization, review, and publishing. You can then use these ROI calculations for budget requests and business cases to senior executives, to set expectations with the team and stakeholders, and track project success.
You’ll learn how to:
* Quantify and calculate savings in authoring, localization, reviewing, and publishing
* Build your business case for DITA including sample scenarios and calculations
* Communicate your proposed savings to senior executives
* Save 20 - 40% on authoring, 25-50% on localization costs, and over 50% on your existing publishing costs.
Presented by Alan Houser at Documentation and Training West, May 6-9, 2008
DITA provides an end-to-end architecture for authoring, managing, and publishing topic-oriented technical information. DITA may appear to be an ideal solution for authoring and maintaining online help systems. However, the DITA specification does not directly accommodate many of the customary and expected features provided by conventional help authoring tools. Learn how you can use DITA today to deliver online help, and learn what the DITA Technical Committee is doing to make DITA more directly usable for online help in the future.
Attendees will learn the following:
* How features of the DITA architecture map to the structure of conventional online help systems
* Why DITA can provide an ideal solution for authoring, maintaining, and delivering online help
* Current issues and limitations when using DITA for online help
* Common features of help authoring tools and how they map to (or don’t map to) DITA
* Approaches for maintaining and delivering DITA-based context-sensitive help
We've used DITA/XML for ten years. But we're just beginning to figure out the best tools to use for different technical documentation tasks. This slide deck summarizes our successes and a few of our wrong turns--and what we're doing to change direction.
Kamon Ayeva Antipatterns, Patterns, And Rules Of Thumb For Successful Plone...Vincenzo Barone
Plone is cool, powerful and does what it promises. But any ambitious Plone project is difficult if you don't pay attention to some prerequisites and follow some rules, both general and specific to the Plone world. This presentation hopes to help people involved in Plone projects to stop worrying and experience bad or unproductive communication we see sometimes, and adopt a new mantra : "Let's deliver that project and move on to the next one !" Based on the experience of the community at large, we are going to review the traps, the requirements, and how to approach problems if you want your project to succeed. In the tradition of "reuse what already works", you can apply already known project management patterns and antipatterns to your Plone project. You will be surprised to see that it works ! More importantly, the session will bring advices to the different parties of a project (the Company/User and the Consultant/Developer/Provider), and investigate how they can work together for a better outcome for the end-user.
Thinking of getting a dog? Be aware that breeds like Pit Bulls, Rottweilers, and German Shepherds can be loyal and dangerous. Proper training and socialization are crucial to preventing aggressive behaviors. Ensure safety by understanding their needs and always supervising interactions. Stay safe, and enjoy your furry friends!
A Strategic Approach: GenAI in EducationPeter Windle
Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies such as Generative AI, Image Generators and Large Language Models have had a dramatic impact on teaching, learning and assessment over the past 18 months. The most immediate threat AI posed was to Academic Integrity with Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) focusing their efforts on combating the use of GenAI in assessment. Guidelines were developed for staff and students, policies put in place too. Innovative educators have forged paths in the use of Generative AI for teaching, learning and assessments leading to pockets of transformation springing up across HEIs, often with little or no top-down guidance, support or direction.
This Gasta posits a strategic approach to integrating AI into HEIs to prepare staff, students and the curriculum for an evolving world and workplace. We will highlight the advantages of working with these technologies beyond the realm of teaching, learning and assessment by considering prompt engineering skills, industry impact, curriculum changes, and the need for staff upskilling. In contrast, not engaging strategically with Generative AI poses risks, including falling behind peers, missed opportunities and failing to ensure our graduates remain employable. The rapid evolution of AI technologies necessitates a proactive and strategic approach if we are to remain relevant.
Biological screening of herbal drugs: Introduction and Need for
Phyto-Pharmacological Screening, New Strategies for evaluating
Natural Products, In vitro evaluation techniques for Antioxidants, Antimicrobial and Anticancer drugs. In vivo evaluation techniques
for Anti-inflammatory, Antiulcer, Anticancer, Wound healing, Antidiabetic, Hepatoprotective, Cardio protective, Diuretics and
Antifertility, Toxicity studies as per OECD guidelines
How to Add Chatter in the odoo 17 ERP ModuleCeline George
In Odoo, the chatter is like a chat tool that helps you work together on records. You can leave notes and track things, making it easier to talk with your team and partners. Inside chatter, all communication history, activity, and changes will be displayed.
This presentation was provided by Steph Pollock of The American Psychological Association’s Journals Program, and Damita Snow, of The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), for the initial session of NISO's 2024 Training Series "DEIA in the Scholarly Landscape." Session One: 'Setting Expectations: a DEIA Primer,' was held June 6, 2024.
This slide is special for master students (MIBS & MIFB) in UUM. Also useful for readers who are interested in the topic of contemporary Islamic banking.
MATATAG CURRICULUM: ASSESSING THE READINESS OF ELEM. PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS I...NelTorrente
In this research, it concludes that while the readiness of teachers in Caloocan City to implement the MATATAG Curriculum is generally positive, targeted efforts in professional development, resource distribution, support networks, and comprehensive preparation can address the existing gaps and ensure successful curriculum implementation.
The simplified electron and muon model, Oscillating Spacetime: The Foundation...RitikBhardwaj56
Discover the Simplified Electron and Muon Model: A New Wave-Based Approach to Understanding Particles delves into a groundbreaking theory that presents electrons and muons as rotating soliton waves within oscillating spacetime. Geared towards students, researchers, and science buffs, this book breaks down complex ideas into simple explanations. It covers topics such as electron waves, temporal dynamics, and the implications of this model on particle physics. With clear illustrations and easy-to-follow explanations, readers will gain a new outlook on the universe's fundamental nature.
A review of the growth of the Israel Genealogy Research Association Database Collection for the last 12 months. Our collection is now passed the 3 million mark and still growing. See which archives have contributed the most. See the different types of records we have, and which years have had records added. You can also see what we have for the future.
বাংলাদেশের অর্থনৈতিক সমীক্ষা ২০২৪ [Bangladesh Economic Review 2024 Bangla.pdf] কম্পিউটার , ট্যাব ও স্মার্ট ফোন ভার্সন সহ সম্পূর্ণ বাংলা ই-বুক বা pdf বই " সুচিপত্র ...বুকমার্ক মেনু 🔖 ও হাইপার লিংক মেনু 📝👆 যুক্ত ..
আমাদের সবার জন্য খুব খুব গুরুত্বপূর্ণ একটি বই ..বিসিএস, ব্যাংক, ইউনিভার্সিটি ভর্তি ও যে কোন প্রতিযোগিতা মূলক পরীক্ষার জন্য এর খুব ইম্পরট্যান্ট একটি বিষয় ...তাছাড়া বাংলাদেশের সাম্প্রতিক যে কোন ডাটা বা তথ্য এই বইতে পাবেন ...
তাই একজন নাগরিক হিসাবে এই তথ্য গুলো আপনার জানা প্রয়োজন ...।
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6. •
Project initiation
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Content analysis
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Writer training and pilot
•
Content conversion
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Lessons learned
•
Q&A
7.
8. Device proliferation
Content silos
•
Duplication of effort
•
Content lacked standardization and consistency
•
Individual stakeholders had only a limited grasp of the big picture
10. •
Evaluate tools (CMS and authoring tools)
•
Choose vendors for tools and other services
•
Determine where we needed outside help
•
Calculate costs
•
Negotiate with vendors
•
Submit proposal and get management approval
•
Manage training and rollout to writing team
11. Partner Report Card
Partner
Activity
Mark
Analyze content
Train writers in DITA
Train writers in XML and CMS tools
Assist with information model (pilot)
Assist implementation of CMS (pilot)
Create publication scripts
Create conversion scripts
Clean up migrated content
12.
13. Problem
Design Goals
People want Google, we delivered books
•
Put all user documentation in one place
•
Provide navigational context
•
Provide versioning
Internal users created overlapping content; volume not maintainable
•
Technical documentation deliverables must be fully searchable with Technical Support external website.
•
Establish clarity of ownership (governance)
SMEs frustrated by overlapping content and glacial pace of review/correction cycle
•
Allow SMEs to comment on topics, and have that feedback delivered directly to the writer in charge
No information on which pages (out of 40,000) are viewed most often
•
Provide analytics to prioritize work on content
14. Partner Report Card
Partner
Activity
Mark
1
Analyze content
A+
Train writers in DITA
Train writers in XML and CMS tools
Assist with information model (pilot)
Assist implementation of CMS (pilot)
Create publication scripts
Create conversion scripts
Clean up migrated content
15.
16. Our existing CMS did not meet our requirements.
Core team found two CMS vendors whose systems did meet our requirements.
Both systems required Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA).
Writing team evaluated each system for one week in mid-2010.
17. Books on DITA
1-week training class in DITA
3-day training class on the CMS
6-month pilot to develop information model and implement CMS
18. One partner (#2) helped trained writers in DITA and helped with the information model
Individual writers conducted research projects in areas of interest (context-sensitive help, reuse strategy, cross-references, and so on.)
CMS vendor (#3) helped with training and implementation of the CMS
Writers devoted about 20% of their time to the pilot
Writing team met weekly in conference call with partners
19. Partner Report Card
Partner
Activity
Mark
1
Analyze content
A+
2
Train writers in DITA
A+
3
Train writers in XML and CMS tools
A-
2
Assist with information model (pilot)
A-
3
Assist implementation of CMS (pilot)
A+
Create publication scripts
Create conversion scripts
Clean up migrated content
20.
21. Mark topics with DITA information type (task, concept, reference) in original CMS
Inventory shared topics in original CMS
Inventory shared graphics in original CMS
Inventory instances of “conrefs” in original CMS
22. Old CMS
Export
Import to new CMS
DITA
Convert
XML
Staging
Server
Production Server
Output
Publish
Transfer
Clean up
23. Some cleanup is always necessary
The less “intelligent” the original content, the more manual cleanup will be necessary
24. PDF
Smartphone
1.
Click the Alert button.
The Create/Edit Alert dialog box appears.
2.On the Create/Edit Alert dialog box, select the Enable check box.
The Enable check box is located at the bottom of the dialog box.
Click the Alert button.
On the Create/Edit Alert dialog box, select the Enable check box.
The Enable check box is located at the bottom of the dialog box.
25. Non-semantic (unintelligent)
Semantic (intelligent)
1.
Click the Alert button.
The Create/Edit Alert dialog box appears.
2.On the Create/Edit Alert dialog box, select the Enable check box.
The Enable check box is located at the bottom of the dialog box.
1.
Click the Alert button.
The Create/Edit Alert dialog box appears.
2.On the Create/Edit Alert dialog box, select the Enable check box.
The Enable check box is located at the bottom of the dialog box.
26. Non-semantic (unintelligent)
Semantic (intelligent)
<steps>
<step><cmd>Click the Alert button </cmd>
<stepresult>The Create/Edit Alert dialog box appears. </stepresult>
</step>
<step><cmd>On the Create/Edit Alert dialog box, select the Enable check box. </cmd>
<info>The Enable check box is located at the bottom of the dialog box.</info>
</step>
</steps>
27. Non-semantic (unintelligent)
Semantic (intelligent)
<ol>
<li>Click the Alert button.
<p>The Create/Edit Alert dialog box appears.
<p>
</li>
<li>On the Create/Edit Alert dialog box, select the Enable check box.
<p>The Enable check box is located at the bottom of the dialog box</p>
</li>
</ol>
<steps>
<step><cmd>Click the Alert button </cmd>
<stepresult>The Create/Edit Alert dialog box appears. </stepresult>
</step>
<step><cmd>On the Create/Edit Alert dialog box, select the Enable check box. </cmd>
<info>The Enable check box is located at the bottom of the dialog box.</info>
</step>
</steps>
28. Non-semantic (unintelligent)
Semantic (intelligent)
<p> to ??
<ol>
<li>Click the Alert button.
<p>The Create/Edit Alert dialog box appears.
<p>
</li>
<li>On the Create/Edit Alert dialog box, select the Enable check box.
<p>The Enable check box is located at the bottom of the dialog box</p>
</li>
</ol>
<steps>
<step><cmd>Click the Alert button </cmd>
<stepresult>The Create/Edit Alert dialog box appears. </stepresult>
</step>
<step><cmd>On the Create/Edit Alert dialog box, select the Enable check box. </cmd>
<info>The Enable check box is located at the bottom of the dialog box.</info>
</step>
</steps>
<p> to ??
29. Non-semantic (unintelligent)
Semantic (intelligent)
1.
Click the Alert button.
The Create/Edit Alert dialog box appears.
2.On the Create/Edit Alert dialog box, select the Enable check box.
The Enable check box is located at the bottom of the dialog box.
1.
Click the Alert button.
The Create/Edit Alert dialog box appears.
2.On the Create/Edit Alert dialog box, select the Enable check box.
The Enable check box is located at the bottom of the dialog box.
30. Partner Report Card
Partner
Activity
Mark
1
Analyze content
A+
2
Train writers in DITA
A+
3
Train writers in XML and CMS tools
A-
2
Assist with information model (pilot)
A-
3
Assist implementation of CMS (pilot)
A+
Create publication scripts
Create conversion scripts
4
Clean up migrated content
A+
31. Original
As migrated
1.
Click the Alert button.
The Create/Edit Alert dialog box appears.
2.On the Create/Edit Alert dialog box, select the Enable check box.
The Enable check box is located at the bottom of the dialog box.
1.
Click the Alert button. The Create/Edit Alert dialog box appears.
2.
The Create/Edit Alert dialog box appears.
3.
On the Create/Edit Alert dialog box, select the Enable check box. The Enable check box is located at the bottom of the dialog box.
4.
The Enable check box is located at the bottom of the dialog box.
32. Partner Report Card
Partner
Activity
Mark
1
Analyze content
A+
2
Train writers in DITA
A+
3
Train writers in XML and CMS tools
A-
2
Assist with information model (pilot)
A-
3
Assist implementation of CMS (pilot)
A+
Create publication scripts
D
Create conversion scripts
F
4
Clean up migrated content
A+
33. Partner Report Card
Partner
Activity
Mark
1
Analyze content
A+
2
Train writers in DITA
A+
3
Train writers in XML and CMS tools
A-
2
Assist with information model (pilot)
A-
3
Assist implementation of CMS (pilot)
A+
2
Create publication scripts
D
2
Create conversion scripts
F
4
Clean up migrated content
A+
34. Partner #2 Report Card
Partner
Activity
Mark
2
Train writers in DITA
A+
2
Assist with information model (pilot)
A-
2
Create publication scripts
D
2
Create conversion scripts
F
35.
36. You won’t really understand intelligent content and semantic markup until you’ve done it on your own content.
Professional DITA training and assistance with information model during pilot worked well.
CMS vendor support during pilot kept things running smoothly.
Mechanics of moving from unintelligent to intelligent content are challenging.
Manual cleanup is no fun.
Intelligent content rocks!
37. When a partnership works, it saves time and prevents frustration.
Go for a partner with experience in the areas where you need help. Hiring an inexperienced partner is a false economy.
Even with the inexperienced partner, it was still worth it to get outside help.