Anyone interested in moving to DITA now or in the future, anyone who has already begun that transition but is looking for a better way, and anyone who is just plain curious. In this recorded, one-hour web session we show how easy it is to create DITA stylesheets in Arbortext.

Did you know with Arbortext, Specializations require no additional programming?

Did you know Arbortext ships with easily customizable stylesheets to support output to multi-channel output formats (HTML, PDF, RTF, etc.)?

Did you know PTC now has the only fully-functional, end-to-end, enterprise-level DITA solution: Arbortext Editor, Publishing Engine, and Content Management System?

Did you know Arbortext 5.4M50 was released June 1st with full support for DITA 1.2 even before 1.2 was released for public comment?

The OASIS DITA standard began with IBM and it began in Arbortext. PTC/Arbortext was the only vendor invited to be a charter member of the Oasis DITA Technical Committee and participates on that committee today.

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When we were getting ready for the CMS DITA/NA 2010, we reached out to long-time Arbortext customers to find out where they were now, what they did originally, and how they got from point A to point B. Just what did it take to make a successful single-sourcing implementation happen.

One of the customers willing to talk about their implementation was Todd Nowlan, “large Canadian telecom”. They’d started before DITA was really ready, and they’re still using the system today. The original project was to support enterprise content in a large, global company. What they did was amazing. We’ve heard Todd’s story several times, and are amazed each time. Something more comes out in what it takes to be successful at that level for that long.

On this podcast, we’re delighted to have Todd share what he knows with the user community so you, too, can be successful with your projects.  You might also enjoy Todd’s presentation to the Arbortext User Group from August 2010. We all learn from each other. Talk, present, or listen. Whatever you do, join the conversation.

Enjoy!

 Interview: Todd Nowlan, "Benefits of XML and single-sourcing" [35:38m]: Play Now | Play in Popup

 Interview: Todd Nowlan, "Benefits of XML and single-sourcing" [35:38m]: Play Now | Play in Popup

In this recorded, one-hour web session we show you how to develop a solution that can deliver faster, high-quality, standards-compliant training and eLearning.

Discover how the implementation of a Reusable Content Strategy. Arbortext and Windchill technology can help you build training content that allows for:

• Innovative learning methodology — Role based, tailored to the individual needs, and measurable.
• Global Coverage — When you want it, where you need it, in the language you prefer
• Flexibility — Continuous blended material

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In an unstructured authoring environment, product information is created without constancy in construction. The process leaves you with information that has no reliability in form, no reusability of information, and degrades the overall productivity in delivering content to the end user.

• No steady pulse of information being generated in the same manner by all content creators. Because there is no set standard, anyone creating information can do so in their own style. It’s too hard to get formatting right across the entire organization—No Consistency
• Clogged arteries of information begin to back up and choke off throughput. You can’t get the product information written up fast enough because you need to spend too much time formatting. Too much time spent on low-value tasks—Low Productivity
• Flat lined content that you can’t do anything with. Your information is locked into serving only one purpose at a time and output to only one presentation style. Content is tied to one use and one output form—Little Reusability

The recording of this interactive web session, held on 26 May 2010, Brandon Ibach from Single-Sourcing Solutions shows you how to get your product information out of the ICU with Structured Authoring CPR.

By the end of this video, you will have the information you know how structured authoring gives you:

• Consistency – semantic markup allows for consistency of structure. All content is generated in one standardized style.
• Productivity – applying set styles to content allows you to focus your time on high value tasks such as content creation.
• Reusability – markup-driven formatting creates structure that allows for profiling.

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We know we’ve been behind getting these podcasts posted the last month or so: It’s conference season! Read more about what we’ve gotten out of conferences at the corporate blog: the paradigm’s shifting and new (good) things are coming from Arbortext. We apologize and expect to start our regular release schedule again soon..

In this podcast, Liz Fraley interviews Regina Roman.  No matter how long you know someone or who you think they are, you always learn something new about them. Regina is a 20-year FrameMaker veteran, but her experience as a technical writer goes even farther back. A year or so ago, she did her first XML project and, well, as she says, she “never wants to go back.” With XML, she feels freed from the formatting handcuffs and extra burdens required by constant manual tasks required by traditional desktop publishing tools. She says she can be a writer again, with XML.  After completing her first project, she asked Liz, “Why didn’t you tell me about this?” — how much easier it was, how much better it was than DTP.  The funny part is that…she did.

Liz first met Regina over 10 years ago, when Liz first brought Arbortext & XML to Juniper Networks. At that time, the writers were so scared of the move that the organization decided that the software writers, by far the largest team there, would transition last. It took 8 years to get software transitioned and now, when offered her choice of positions, Regina chooses the XML projects rather than the FrameMaker ones and she encourages her other clients to choose XML as well.

Enjoy the podcast! We sure did…

 Interview with Regina Roman: FrameMaker expert turned XML fan: Play Now | Play in Popup

 Interview with Regina Roman: FrameMaker expert turned XML fan: Play Now | Play in Popup