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Content Management Strategies/DITA
North America 2010
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Trademark Practices in Technical Information
JoAnn Hackos, Comtech Services, Inc.
In March 2009, the Center for Information-Development Management (CIDM) conducted a small survey of practices associated with the presentation of product trademark information in technical documentation. The study was initiated by a request from a CIDM member. Because the member was embarking on a transition from book-oriented product documentation to topic-oriented documentation, they questioned whether their existing practice was still viable.
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An Investigation Into Standards and Innovation
Part 4 of 6: Standards evolve a Webbed presence
Laurent Liscia, OASIS
I should preface this section of our standards adventure with a disclosure. In my opinion, information and communication technology (ICT) standards are radically different from manufactured goods and hardware standards. And as such they deserve their own treatment. What follows will explain why.
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Conversion Myths Debunked
How Much Would It Really Cost to Convert Your Documents?
DCLNews Editorial January 2010
Republished with permission from Data Conversion Laboratory, Inc.
XML and SGML standards are growing in popularity as a way to manage large sets of documentation. But calculating just how much it will cost to convert your documents to XML or SGML can be confusing; a multitude of factors interact to determine the per-page price of any conversion project.
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Changes in Technical Documentation
Terry Barraclough, Symitar, a Jack Henry Company
Last month, Comtech published an article in the Best Practices newsletter about their 30th Anniversary as a corporation and listed many industry changes that have happened in the past 30 years. In response to the article, Terry Barraclough of Symitar highlights the changes he has seen in technical documentation.
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For our French Readers, we offer our 30 year history article ...
Comtech célèbre son 30e anniversaire—Que de changements!
JoAnn Hackos, Comtech Services, Inc.
Thank you to Marie-Louise Flacke for translating this article.
Février 2010: Comtech Services, fêtera ses 30 ans. A vrai dire, nous avions lancé nos activités deux ans plus tôt; 1980, toutefois, est l’année de la constitution officielle en tant qu’entreprise.
Récemment, j'ai beaucoup réfléchi aux changements dont nous avons été témoins, durant plus de 30 ans, en matière de techniques de communication. Les modifications technologiques ont probablement été les plus édifiants.
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Information Development: Managing Your Documentation Projects, Portfolio and People
With Information Development: Managing Your Documentation Projects, Portfolio and People, JoAnn Hackos looks beyond the structured project of the 1980s and 1990s. Instead, she focuses on the rapidly changing projects of the 21st century and addresses how to introduce agile information development without neglecting the central focus of planning information design and development around the needs of information users. Buy this book today! |
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CIDM is calling for contributions to the bimonthly publication, Best Practices. Please contact our Editor, Lisa Larson, for more information. |
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