DITA, Technical Documents, XML schemas and XML publishing systems

DITA is Ready for Primetime. Are You Ready for DITA?

Originally broadcast: Wednesday, November 2, 2005
Time: 9:00 AM Pacific | 12:00 PM Eastern | 17:00 UK | 18:00 West Europe
Duration: 1 hr
Moderator: Dan Dube, Director, Business Development, Innodata Isogen
Speaker: W. Eliot Kimber, Senior Consulting Engineer, Innodata Isogen

DITA represents a major step forward for companies seeking to convert technical documentation, on-line Help and other documents to XML. But to take full advantage of its potential cost and time savings, many companies will need to do more than simply install "off-the-shelf" software packages. In fact, some may run the risk of running into four roadblocks that could derail the implementation and ultimately cost them more money over the long haul.

This Webinar will:

• demonstrate how DITA helps companies implement an XML content model through controlled specialization
• describe the steps required to bring DITA environments to full production, even with "off-the-shelf" solutions
• discuss how to avoid four potential roadblocks to success with DITA
• provide a road map for efficiently deploying DITA

Content Reuse in DITA

Originally broadcast: Wednesday, November 9, 2005
Time: 9:00 AM Pacific | 12:00 PM Eastern | 17:00 UK | 18:00 West Europe
Duration: 1 hr
Moderator: Sia Frees, Manager, Partner Alliances, Innodata Isogen
Speaker: Paul Prescod, Director, Program Management, Blast Radius XMetal

By going beyond any previous approach to help companies overcome barriers to XML adoption, DITA promises to change the way companies create, exchange, and distribute technical information. Unlike book-oriented approaches based on chapters and pages, DITA uses topics - small chunks of information that can be easily reused across various contexts and deliverables to maximize content reuse. This informative Webinar will describe how companies easily reduce information redundancies and expedite content creation without intricate knowledge of DITA, XML, or the underlying document structure.

Using a Content Management System for DITA Authoring and Publishing

Originally broadcast: Wednesday, November 16, 2005
Time: 9:00 AM Pacific | 12:00 PM Eastern | 17:00 UK | 18:00 West Europe
Duration: 1 hr
Moderator: Sia Frees, Manager, Partner Alliances, Innodata Isogen
Speakers: France Baril, Documentation Architect, IXIASOFT
Jean Paul Chauvet, Vice President, Sales and Marketing

This Webinar will provide a general introduction to XML, DITA and the role of content management for technical documentation. During the presentation, participants will be exposed to the costs and benefits of moving to XML and a topic-oriented architecture like DITA. The presentation also includes a case study illustrating a real-life deployment of a DITA-based content management solution - from the design phase to the customized delivery. Topics covered include: content reuse, single-sourcing, content management, image management and localization management.

Using DITA to Expedite Global Publishing

Originally broadcast: Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Time: 9:00 AM Pacific | 12:00 PM Eastern | 1700 | 18:00 West Europe
Duration: 1 hr
Moderator: Sia Frees, Manager, Partner Alliances, Innodata Isogen
Speaker: Bill Rabkin, Global Publishing Evangelist, Idiom Technologies

Today, many major global companies are merging automated publishing and advanced globalization techniques to perform continuous translations – ongoing translations of smaller DITA topic-oriented content units as they are completed. A superior approach to waiting for the finalization of all content components before handling translations, this process eliminates many redundant content updating and formatting tasks. This Webinar will examine how global organizations can harness the power of the global content lifecycle to improve their competitive standing on an international scale, using real-world examples to show how organizations can achieve strategic gains by managing translation and localization as an integral component of content authoring and delivery. The Webinar will also demonstrate how Idiom Technologies has integrated DITA authoring solutions into WorldServer Global Electronic Publishing to provide a seamless authoring, translation, and multi-channel publishing system.