CIDM Information Management News August 2010: Announcements

Announcements

The OASIS DITA Adoption Technical Committee announces the formation of a subcommittee to consider the issues of DITA adoption in Asia and the Pacific Rim

The purpose of the committee is to

Promote the use of DITA in Asia, India, Australia, New Zealand, and elsewhere in the Pacific-Asia region
Research the special needs of Pacific-Asia region companies in adopting the DITA standard
Develop best practices for accommodating special needs
Help to promote regional activities including conferences, workshops, and webinars

They plan to develop feature articles, white papers, examples, and similar information to help communicate the value of DITA Adoption in this area.

The subcommittee is chaired by Mathew Varghese of Citrix Systems. Mathew lives in India.

Anyone interested in joining the subcommittee must first be a member of OASIS and join the DITA Adoption Technical Committee before joining the subcommittee.

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DocZone by Really Strategies, Inc., the industry’s first award-winning software as a service (SaaS) XML content management system designed for publishers and technical publishers, was named a finalist in the Enterprise Content Management Trends category. The ACE Awards honor vendors whose products are voted best by readers of ECM Connection.

SDL Launches ‘Predictive Text’ for Global Technical Communicators

SDL, the leading provider of Global Information Management solutions, announced the launch of SDL Global Authoring Management System™ 2010, providing power and content quality to the fingertips of professional authors, editors and reviewers. New AutoSuggest™ technology in SDL Global Authoring Management System 2010 provides as-you-type suggestions to authors to speed up the content creation process and ensure quality content is available on-demand.

Semiconductor DITA Users Group are pleased to announce the beginning of a new DITA users group especially for the semiconductor industry

The purpose of the group: Discuss common issues and problems for DITA implementation in the semiconductor industry and share DITA best practices as it applies to semiconductor documentation. Our focus will be "DITA implementers helping DITA implementers". The group is NOT just another group for DITA users—it is more for those who are choosing and configuring the tools; designing content models; and championing the adoption of DITA within their organizations. Anyone is welcome to attend, including users and vendors, but the focus is on sharing best practice for DITA implementation.

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acrolinx Announces New Global Management Structure

acrolinx announced the appointment of three new senior appointments to strengthen their global management team. As a reflection of the global nature of the acrolinx customer base, the company has created a new regional structure for its key markets of North America, Europe and Asia, and has been able to recruit a strong regional management team to head these business units.

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