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The newsletter of Scriptorium Publishing
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Volume
9, Issue 11
November 2006
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In this issue:
Is DITA Right for You?
Hello, New England: Upcoming Conference and Presentation
Last Chance for TrackAccess in 2006!
Adobe Wants Your Feedback
Training in 2006 and 2007
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Is
DITA Right for You?
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These days, the Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) is
generating a tremendous amount of buzz, and software companies are
releasing tools and plug-ins for authoring in DITA. Because interest
is very high in this open source XML implementation, the amount
of information about it is overwhelming.
To help you cut through the chatter, we've just posted a free white
paper, Assessing
DITA as a Foundation for XML (350 KB), in our online
store. The paper offers an overview of DITA, summarizes its
advantages, and describes points to consider before developing a
DITA-based implementation.
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Hello, New England: Upcoming Conference and Presentation
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On December 5, Sarah will be at the XML
2006 conference in Boston, where she will speak as part of a
panel discussion on XML
Project Management Best Practices. She will also be part of
the PechaKucha,
which the conference describes as "speed dating for vendors."
Each vendor does a 20 by 20 presentation: 20 slides displayed for
20 seconds each. If you would like to set up a formal meeting during
the conference, please contact Sarah at sales@scriptorium.com.
On December 6, Sarah will be in Nashua, NH, where she is offering
a presentation, "Technical Writer or Soulless Automaton? Authoring
in the Age of XML," to the STC
Northern New England chapter.
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Last
Chance for TrackAccess in 2006!
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Our last TrackAccess webcast
in 2006 is Managing
Implementation of Structured Authoring on November 28 at 11
a.m. Eastern time (convert
to your local time). We're working on our 2007 TrackAccess schedule
now and will post it in the December edition of Illuminations.
Each webcast features a conference-quality presentation for only
$19.95 per participant. Register
soon; we limit the number of participants to ensure attendees can
ask questions. To participate, you need a web browser with Flash
support. We deliver audio through a phone conference bridge. Attendees
can ask questions either through a chat interface or the phone bridge.
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Adobe Wants Your Feedback
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The Product Management team at Adobe is currently developing plans
for its technical communications products. As part of that process,
the team is asking for your feedback.
To participate, download the PDF-based
questionnaire (compatible with Adobe Reader 7), fill it in,
and email it to aseem@adobe.com.
Your comments will help shape the future development of technical
publishing tools at Adobe.
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Training
in 2006 and 2007
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We've got several classroom- and web-based courses scheduled for
the remaining weeks of 2006. If you're looking for training early
in 2007, we've posted class dates for the first quarter of next
year.
Our web-based training lets you eliminate travel costs while still
getting many of the benefits of our instructor-led training: small
class size, the opportunity to ask questions, and a challenging
curriculum that engages you.
For more information about online or classroom training, contact
training@scriptorium.com.
Web-based training schedule:
Classroom training schedule:
Register in our online store.
For those who prefer to learn FrameMaker at their own pace, we
also offer our FrameMaker
7 Workbook Series. You can download the workbooks from our online
store for $49.95 each. You get the workbook in PDF format, exercise
files, and access to video clips that explain the FrameMaker interface.
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Comments? Questions?
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If you know colleagues
who could benefit from our services, please let them know about
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