Why The “Darwin” Information Typing Architecture?

November 2, 2005 Blog No Comments

Susan Carpenter of IBM explains the connection between Charles Darwin and the Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA), making an eloquent connection between the British naturalist and DITA. 

Percussion’s Good Idea Gone Bad

November 1, 2005 Blog No Comments

Percussion Software had a good idea. They created a Sample Content Management Request for Information form designed to help those interested in content management “objectively measure” a content management system’s ability to meet requirements and provide a low total cost of ownership. Then, they advertised this offer in E-Content Magazine. I tried to obtain the free form. I clicked the link and was asked to register at the Percussion website by completing a simple form. Unfortunately for Percussion, they hadn’t worked out all the bugs in the system. I attempted Read the full article…

One Writer’s Unwilling Journey Into Content Management

November 1, 2005 Blog No Comments

Notes from the Field: One Writer’s Unwilling Journey Into Content Management, an article published in The Rockley Bulletin, provides advice and tips for technical writers exploring new ways of managing the content they create. The author, Mary Jahntz, says, “the years spent focusing on maintaining existing information, the strength of our writing processes and standards, and the aggressive timeframes associated with the project at hand wrongly convinced me that I could skip the planning steps that were critical to my success.” Jahntz encourages writers to “dust off their technical writing Read the full article…

CM Pros Expands Into Scandinavia

November 1, 2005 Blog No Comments

Content Management Professionals (CM Pros), the international professional association for content management experts, today announced that a Scandinavia chapter is in formation. The CM Pros Scandinavia Community will provide content management professionals with networking opportunities, a forum for exchanging and examining content management topics of interest, promoting and professionalizing content management in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Finland. In accord with the CM Pros community process, at least three CM Pros members are spearheading the startup: Janus Boye, Flemming Kristensen, Kaj Noppenau S

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