XML Implementations and Information Lifecycle

XML and content tools need to be thoughtfully configured to create feasible processes that produce the desired business benefits. This session explores the XML information lifecycle and how XML and content tools and systems can be deployed to their best…

• Key Concepts: content management, make your business case, workflow and process
• Filed under: Presentations
• Venues: Gilbane

Arbortext Formatter Shootout

Join APP Man, his evil FOe, and the FOSI Bear for a lively session on the various Arbortext formatting technologies. You'll learn how the capabilities of Advanced Print Publisher compare with those of the FOSI and XSL/FO engines. And don't…

• Key Concepts: content management, make your business case, workflow and process
• Filed under: Presentations
• Venues: Gilbane

The Path to Style: XPath in Styler, FOSI, and XSL

XPath is a powerful and intuitive way to retrieve information from, or apply style to, your document. In this session, you’ll discover how to use XPath whether you're styling your documents with Arbortext Styler, FOSI, or XSLT/XSL-FO, the basics of…

• Key Concepts: content management, make your business case, workflow and process
• Filed under: Presentations
• Venues: Gilbane

Arbortext User-to-User Panel

We covered questions of all types from users on subjects ranging from Legacy Data Conversion to the best way to format web and page layout. This was a round-table, panel discussion with moderator. All but one of the panelists are…

• Key Concepts: content management, make your business case, workflow and process
• Filed under: Presentations
• Venues: Gilbane

XSLT and XPath Basics: A Primer

XPath is a powerful and intuitive way to retrieve information from, or apply style to, your document. In this session, you’ll discover how to use XPath whether you’re styling your documents with FOSI, XSLT/ XSL-FO, or Arbortext Styler. Also presented…

• Key Concepts: content management, make your business case, workflow and process
• Filed under: Presentations
• Venues: Gilbane

From FrameMaker to FrameMaker, Growing a DITA-Capable Department

Smaller organizations are starting to feel the need for DITA. For small organizations with limited staff resources and smaller budgets, it's harder to plan and execute the move to DITA from traditional publishing applications and processes. As DITA's adoption continues…

• Key Concepts: content management, make your business case, workflow and process
• Filed under: Presentations
• Venues: Gilbane

Evangelizing Automated Publishing in Your Organization

When we begin the effort to pursue a move to an XML-based automated publishing system, we run into a lot of roadblocks from our staff, our peers, our management, both inside and outside our organizations. We've seen the trade publications….

• Key Concepts: content management, make your business case, workflow and process
• Filed under: Presentations
• Venues: Gilbane

Content Reduction and Reuse in a Multichannel Publishing Environment

It all comes down to managing and reusing source. Recycling content (chapters, graphics, etc.) is not new. What is new here is the common set of back-end structure in XML form and the fact that more than one set of…

• Key Concepts: content management, make your business case, workflow and process
• Filed under: Presentations
• Venues: Gilbane