Writing for Translation
One of my presentations focused on the basics of authoring content for translation by technical communication professionals. Talented writers come from a variety of diverse backgrounds: creative, technical, legal, screen, speech, public relations and financial. When creating their communications, writers may never know their work will be translated for a multilingual audience. So, it is […]
Proofing an XSL-FO Stylesheet
Proofing a PDF produced from an XSL-FO stylesheet is tedious, eyeball work and some people get caught up on the content instead of how it is rendered. When I review outputs for new stylesheets, I lay out printed pages and do a style-to-style comparison. I also use the following checklist to help make sure I […]
Content Life Cycle Development
All my client engagement include developing a Content Life Cycle as a part of planning for structured authoring migration and content management implementation. This effort is always in the form of a workshop and requires input from every member of the team. Recognizing the content life cycle helps identify business requirement for how content must […]
Content Analysis:Keys to Reuse
Content Analysis:Keys to Reuse
Documenting a Developing Center of Excellence
Over the next few months I’ll be documenting the ongoing development of an Oracle Financial Center of Excellence. I’ll start with the responsibilites of a COE.
The Content Lifecycle
The LavaCon Conference in October ’09 offered a great opportunity to present Understanding and Leveraging the Content Lifecycle. The session focused on several existing content life cycle models then briefly discussed core similarities and differences. Co-presenter Leigh White shared her specific CLC experience in developing a DITA project. Then, attendees broke into smaller groups and applied […]