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Subject: Invitation to register DITA with EmergingTechnology.gov
Owen Ambur, Project Manager of the US government's Emerging Technology organization, is continually making connections among innovative XML technologies, and he has been watching DITA for some time. He has requested that the DITA TC consider registering DITA with the US government for the reasons he lists in his note attached below. As an agenda item for tomorrow's meeting, let's discuss the value of doing so and decide whether to participate (which might be a foregone conclusion, but the consensus should be formally arrived at). Regards, -- Don Day Chair, OASIS DITA Technical Committee IBM Lead DITA Architect Email: dond@us.ibm.com 11501 Burnet Rd. MS9033E015, Austin TX 78758 Phone: +1 512-838-8550 T/L: +1 512-838-xxxx "Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?" --T.S. Eliot ----- Forwarded by Don Day/Austin/IBM on 07/11/2005 02:32 PM ----- Owen_Ambur@ios.do i.gov To 07/11/2005 01:56 info@vasont.com PM cc carlmattocks@checkmi.com, Don Day/Austin/IBM@IBMUS Subject Re: Vasont Systems Newsletter - July 2005 Have you considered registering DITA at http://et.gov/ and using the ET.gov process to try to build the CoP around it? If you were to do so, that might qualify Vasont (or anyone else) to present at an upcoming meeting of the xmlCoP. See http://xml.gov/agendas.asp Please note that the ET.gov process is a channel for input into the process by which the Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA) models, particularly the Service Component (SRM) and Technical Reference Model (TRM), are updated and maintained. It seems to me that DITA may be a candidate for inclusion in the TRM. If you agree, I encourage you (or anyone else) to consider using ET.gov site/process and particularly the form at http://et.gov/component_info.aspx to identify it as such. Owen Ambur Co-Chair, xmlCoP http://xml.gov/ Project Manager, ET.gov http://et.gov/ "Vasont Systems" <info@vasont.com> To: Owen Ambur/PIR/OS/DOI@DOI cc: 07/11/2005 02:11 Subject: Vasont Systems Newsletter - July 2005 PM Please respond to info If you are having problems viewing this message, click below http://t.lt05.net/html.asp?QcdPkr4RUguTiQNTrfrn1iyyu4XaK/VUfYxNn67tQnUF01JQp1Z2LEZ56kyBjjNJ |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------> | | | | | | | | | Vasont Systems | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Content Management | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Upcoming Events: | | Tri-XML Conference | | July 28-30, 2005 | | | | Vasont Users' Group Meeting | | September 12-14, 2005 | | | | Best Practices Conference | | September 26-28, 2005 | | | | FrameMaker Chautauqua | | November 7-9, 2005 | | | | | | | | Visit our Web site at www.vasont.com | | | | | | | | To unsubscribe: | | Click here to remove your | | e-mail address from our list. | | | | | | The Vasont® Content Management System is a product of: | | | | Vasont Systems | | 315 Busser Road | | Emigsville, PA 17318 | | 717-764-9720 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | JULY, 2005| | | | | | People Are Talking About Vasont | | | | Vasont clients are speaking out, and people are interested in what they have to say. | | | | PrintMedia Magazine's May/June issue featured the American Society for Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) in "A Solution | | for Cross-Media Publishing." Jeff Shick, R.Ph., Director of eHealth Solutions Division and Clinical Informaticist, told | | the story of how ASHP achieved a better workflow, faster turnaround, and fewer headaches by implementing the Vasont | | Content Management System. | | | | You can read the article on our Web site. | | | | This fall, more Vasont clients are leaving their offices and stepping out into the public to talk about their successful | | experiences with content management. | | | | The annual Vasont Users' Group Meeting will be held on September 12-14 in Hershey, Pennsylvania. This meeting features | | two clients as guest speakers: Doug Anderson, Chief Lexicographer for Elsevier and Steve Huffman, Content Management | | System Manager for Medtronic Neurological. Both speakers will present case studies of their content management journeys | | and successes. All Vasont users are invited to attend. | | | | On September 26-28, Randy Clark, Project Manager of Technical Publications for Engenio, will speak at the Best Practices | | Conference in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. He will present "Engenio's Strategy for Converting from a Cost Center to a | | Revenue-Generating Organization." Engenio's Technical Publications team is exploring innovative ways to enhance their | | value to their company, their customers, and the users of the information they develop. Converting to structured writing | | provided a foundation for such opportunities. Their structured writing implementation began with a review of their | | processes and strategies. Capitalizing on Comtech's information process maturity assessment, Vasont's content management | | system, and the Darwin Information Typing Architecture, they are accelerating their transformation from a cost center to | | a revenue-generating organization. This presentation will identify components of their strategy, summarize their | | implementation process, and highlight some of the benefits they have realized to date. | | | | Sharon Kadlec, Senior Electronic Publisher for Medtronic Neurological, will present at the FrameMaker Chautauqua in | | Raleigh, North Carolina on November 7-9. The Technical Communications department in the Neurological division at | | Medtronic has implemented an integrated Vasont/FrameMaker publishing system for producing technical product manuals. This| | presentation will show how the department moved from creating non-structured, individual FrameMaker documents to working | | in a highly structured, DTD-controlled world of shared and interconnected XML content. The end result has been the best | | of both worlds for this group: robust content granularity, control, and reuse driven by the Vasont content management | | system; and powerful page layout and data round-tripping with the department’s standard document composition tool, | | FrameMaker. | | | | If you are interested in attending these conferences, you can get more information about them by clicking on the links at| | left under Upcoming Events. | | | | | | | | | | | | The Vasont Webinar Series Continues | | | | Deja Vu! We are in the midst of rerunning our popular series on "Multilingual Publishing: How Do You Manage All Those | | Languages? It's Greek to Me!" | | | | On Tuesday, July 19, 2005 at 1:00 pm ET (10:00 am PT), we will present "Part 2: It's Not Greek, It's Automatic!" | | Presenters include Paul Prescod of Blast Radius and co-author of "The XML Handbook", Karl Kadie of TRADOS, and Bret | | Freeman of Vasont Systems. | | | | In Part 1 of this miniseries, we talked about getting structured using XML. So now that you have structured content and | | you have chosen the right tools, how can you manage the translation process in the most efficient way? Join Blast Radius,| | TRADOS, and Vasont Systems as we talk about ways to automate the translation process to save your organization time and | | money. | | | | If you missed our first presentation of this miniseries, now is your chance to catch it again! Register today! | | | | | | | | | | | | Vasont® Content Management System Supports DITA and Custom DTDs | | System is especially effective with DITA because it manages content “chunks” | | | | The Vasont Content Management System easily supports Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) as well as other | | custom DTDs. As a single-source content management system, Vasont enables organizations to utilize XML and store content | | in any language at the “chunk” level, one time, for maximum reuse and multi-channel delivery. Those existing features, | | among others, make it ideal for organizations that use DITA. Vasont is also able to support custom DTDs for organizations| | that have developed their own as opposed to moving to an industry standard. | | | | Created by IBM, DITA is an open standard, XML-based architecture for authoring and publishing technical information. It | | helps content creators structure information into useful topic “chunks” in a consistent way. Because DITA DTDs are | | standard, they can be cheaper to maintain. | | | | “Vasont is especially effective with DITA because our system has always dealt with content on a modular level,” said Jack| | Danaher, Director of Development for Vasont Systems. “A key strength of DITA is its ‘CONREF’ component that provides a | | mechanism for reuse of content fragments and works towards replacing referencing components with referenced components. | | Vasont has a “pointer” component that provides the same functionality. The Vasont pointer is bidirectional and provides | | automated processes to manage change in a modular content environment, providing greater control over your content. This | | and other refinements make using DITA with Vasont a very productive environment.” | | | | Designed to improve productivity and time-to-market of products, Vasont makes it easy for organizations to manage their | | multilingual technical documentation and business information. The system’s comprehensive single-source functionality | | stores content once, ensuring accuracy and increasing the efficiency of repurposing content to multiple media formats. | | | | | | | | | | | | ATTENTION VASONT USERS: Early Bird Registration for the Vasont Users' Group Meeting ends JULY 22, so register now! | | Meeting information and registration forms are available on our Web site in the Users' Zone. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------> >-| | | >-|
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