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1、November 8, 2006,The Future of XML Editing Content Management with FrameMaker and DITA,Bob Doyle Founder, CM Professionals Editor, CMS Review Contributing Editor, EContent Magazine CEO, skyB Observer, OASIS DITA TC Organizer, Boston DITA Users Group,November 8, 2006,Framemaker XML DITA,As Kay Ethier

2、 knows well, XML has become a key part of Framemaker. DITA is XML for tech writers. With full support for DITA, Framemaker solidifies its leadership position among XML Editors.,November 8, 2006,The Road to DITA,SGML markup for documentation the book was the paradigm (DocBook) XML extensible markup t

3、he web was a new paradigm (HTML XHTML) the web demanded more hyperlinking random access chunks of information on demand single-source, multichannel, multilingual DITA ready-made metadata,November 8, 2006,Darwin and Intelligent Design,There is still some controversy in parts of the country Kansas and

4、 Texas? about the amazing scientific evidence for human evolution,November 8, 2006,Intelligent Design and Darwin Information Typing Architecture,We are happy to report solid proof of Intelligent Designers in the evolution of DITA,SGML - Charles Goldfarb - Edward Mosher - Raymond Lorie XML Jon BozakY

5、uri Rubinsky - James Clark - Tim Bray DITA Don DayMichael PriestleyDavid SchellEric HennumJohn Huntand many unnamed programmers at IBM,November 8, 2006,Lovely DITA, Meter Maid, Ready-made Metadata,DITA is a small set of standard XML content elements and attributes Can DITA do anything XML cannot? No

6、 Can it do 80% of typical technical documentation needs? Yes. RSS is also a standard set of XML elements Will DITA be as successful as RSS?,November 8, 2006,RSS is standard metadata,Rich Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication RSS 1.0, 2.0, Atom All are lightweight XML structures that millions of

7、 people find easy to use (because they never see them!) News portals, weblogs, and podcasts,November 8, 2006,The First Podcast,Christopher Lydon (NPRs “The Connection”) Dave Winer RSS creator Adam Curry wants audio attachedBloggercon BlogAudio.org Lydons new “Open Source” Show on WGBH,November 8, 20

8、06,Secret of FrameMaker Success,Authors work with a familiar tool Support for structured authoring Export standards-based content that can be used in global content management DITA is a revolution now in technical documentation It can also be used to author any kind of “controlled” corporate content

9、November 8, 2006,DITA Open Toolkit,A landmark in open-source software being incorporated into competing proprietary products from XML editors to CM systems. Thanks to Don Day, Erik Hennum, John Hunt, Michael Priestley, Dave Schell and unnamed programmers at IBM,November 8, 2006,DITA Application Pac

10、k,FrameMaker integrates the DITA Open Toolkit (as did XMeTaL, others) Publishes to various outputs, including a FrameMaker Book, without the DITA OT Uses XSLT for processing DITA maps. XSLT is customizable directly.,November 8, 2006,The Development Community behind the Application Pack,Backspace Ink

11、 Bright Path Solutions, Document Jones, Group Wellesley, Integrated Technologies, Leximation, Promptt, Publishing Smarter, Scriptorium Publishing, Text Structure Consulting, and Silicon Publishing created the Application Pack for DITAall overseen and coordinated by Silicon Publishing.,November 8, 2

12、006,The value of structured writing,Writing for consistency A difference should make a difference Writing for reuse A single source of truth Writing for translation Never translate the same sentence twice Writing for machine translation Simplified English Guided writing Never write the same sentence

13、 twice,November 8, 2006,Defining Content Management,What Is Content? What Is Content Management? What is a CM System? Stages in the Content Lifecycle? CM and IA (Information Architecture),November 8, 2006,What Is Content?,Its not the Presentation or the Structure!Separate Presentation from Content S

14、tructure the Content Tag Content with Meaning (semantics),November 8, 2006,Three Different Professions,The three layers are the work of different professionalsDesigners for Style Architects for Structure Authors for Content,November 8, 2006,Three Kinds of Markup,The three layers use different “marku

15、p”Style - , , Structure - , Semantics , ,November 8, 2006,Three Uses of XML,The three layers use different technologies XSLT Stylesheets (CSS) XML Schemas (DTDs) XML DITA Documents,November 8, 2006,The FrameMaker EDD,Note that the EDD combines the two layers of presentation and structure stylesheets

16、 and schemas (the content model). Normally this is not an issue for tech writers. But be aware if your organization uses other DITA-aware XML editors,November 8, 2006,FrameMaker and DITA,DITA makes the transition to structured authoring very affordable You dont need to develop DTDs, Schemas, Stylesh

17、eets, and XSLT Transformations. Authors will need to learn topic-based authoring (a big change).,November 8, 2006,XML Editors Review,Altova XML Spy Cladonia Exchanger Stylus Studio SyncRO Soft Adobe FrameMaker Arbortext Editor XMetal Author Syntext Serna,Eight top XML Editors were studiedChosen from

18、 75 on CMS ReviewPublished in the June issue of EContent MagazineXMetal acquired by Justsystem,November 8, 2006,XML CMS,Astoria Bluestream XDocs IXIASoft Mark Logic Siberlogic Trisoft Vasont X-Hive/Docato XyEnterprise Content,Most are integrating the DITA Open Toolkit, which gives them access to a g

19、rowing number of tools developed by an open-source community,November 8, 2006,Global CMS,Idiom L10nBRIDGE Sajan SDL/TRADOSDITA and Translation TMX, TBX, X-LIFF,November 8, 2006,What Is Content Management?,Content management is the whole process from creation and capture of original content to the de

20、livery of different versions to many publishing channels in multiple languages. Print, Web, Cell/PDA, Help, etc.,November 8, 2006,What is a CM System?,It is humans using computers and software to assist in managing content. It has two main parts: The user interface. The database (content repository)

21、 Everything else is magic middleware. It helps manage the content lifecycle.,November 8, 2006,The Content Lifecycle,7 stagesOrganize Rules Create Storage Assembly Publish ArchiveContext Users Content,November 8, 2006,Two Kinds of Information Architecture,IA of document sets, books in a library, a w

22、ebsite, the World Wide Web organization, cataloging, metadata tagging, accessibility, findability. DITA is the internal architecture of a single document - page structure, navigation elements, and content elements.,November 8, 2006,The Three Os in CMS,Open Source (and Open Documents) Online (ASPs) O

23、ffshore (Globalization)Enabling technologies (XML, Javascript) AJAX, Web 2.0, Web Services DITA,November 8, 2006,CMS Review,November 8, 2006,CMS Review Glossary,November 8, 2006,Definition of Accessibility,November 8, 2006,Finding a CMS,The CMSML project at CMS Review and CM Pros,Select two CMS or e

24、nter search terms to find CMS that match your criteria.The directory is a faceted classification scheme.,Click compare to get the results below.,November 8, 2006,Other CMS Review Sites,CMS Forum CMS Wiki CMSML CMS News CMS Calendar CMS Glossary CMS Global CMS Boston Memography TaxoTips,November 8, 2

25、006,CM Professionals,An organization with Community Tools Calendar, Glossary, Resource Library, Member Directory, Mailing Lists Blog Aggregation, Podcasts International Summits Face-to-Face Meetings CM Pros Communities in Africa, Australia, Benelux, Canada, and Scandinavia,November 8, 2006,CM Profes

26、sionals,November 8, 2006,CM Pros Member Directory,November 8, 2006,CM Pros Events Calendar,November 8, 2006,CM Pros Best Practices,November 8, 2006,CM Pros Videos,Eighty hours of video CM Pros Summits, Gilbane Conferences, IA Summit, OSCOM, Bloggercons at Harvard.,Bob Boiko interviews,November 8, 20

27、06,Anna van Raaphorst, CM Pro,DITA OT User Guide and Reference By Anna and husband Dick Johnson. Available for free download from the CM Pros Resource Library and at http:/dita- 8, 2006,Please Consider Joining CM Professionals,You can register online to be a member www.cmprofessionals.org/membership

28、/how_to_join/,November 8, 2006,Thank you.,Contact Bob Doyle Read my articles presentation is online at http:/ 8, 2006,November 8, 2006,Bob Doyle Timeline,Ph.D. Astrophysics, Harvard - 1968 Collaborative Observing Program, Skylab - 1970-72 Super8 Sound - 1973-78 Harvard-Radcliffe Film Workshop - 1

29、975-85 Merlin and 5 other computer games - 1977-81 iXO Telecomputer - 1980-87 MacPublisher - 1984-87 Brown Television (BTV) - 1986 Hi-8 and DTV Users Groups - 1986-96 Harvard-Radcliffe Television (HRTV) - 1988 Quad Sound Studios - 1990 Digital Video Editor, New Media -1993-99 skyB - 2000 - CMS Revie

30、w - 2003 - CM Professionals - 2004 - EContent - 2004 - iTV Studio 2006 -,November 8, 2006,Parker Brothers Games,November 8, 2006,iXO Telecomputer,Computer-initiated dialogues (AI) Yes, No, Help, Repeat keys “Operators are standing by” Stock trades, airline reservations, bill paying. Hearing-impaired

31、 Powered from phone line Venture capital $13 million Never developed the backend database services Huge NOL carry-forward,November 8, 2006,MacPublisher,First Desktop Publishing Program 11th Certified Mac Developer Shipped in 1984 Laserwriter in 1985 First “spot color” text on Apple Imagewriter First rotated text/gaphics Sold 20,000 copies MacIndexer Mac-Hyphen Sold to Letraset in 1987,