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Update: Video has been posted here. Intro slides here.

Please join us online for our next meeting:

“Why XML, Why Now, Why DITA”

Presented by Julio Vasquez, SDI

Date: Saturday, 27 March 2010, 9:00-10:30 AM Pacific/US

Location: Online via GoToMeeting. You must Register to receive the GoToMeeting invite.

Cost: Free and open to all who wish to attend.

Registration Web Link: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/798824482

Topic

Unless you live in a cave, it’s hard to escape the commotion being raised out there by people talking about XML and DITA structures. All the buzz may have you wondering why you should switch to XML and why should you adopt DITA as your structure.

Then again, you might not. You may be one of those people plugging away with your traditional desktop publishing system without ever thinking of changing. Perhaps you are one of those who has been lulled into a false sense of stability by doing the same thing, the same way you always have, and using the same ‘ole tools.

What you don’t realize is that the business world around you has been rapidly changing and either you keep up or you get left behind.

In this web session, we will discuss the major reasons why it is becoming more and more critical for businesses to consider moving away from the old desktop systems to solutions that embrace XML.

We will talk about:

• What XML brings to the table
• How XML helps you get control of your content production processes
• How companies can actually achieve more with less by adopting XML
• Why it makes sense that DITA should be the basis of your solution

About the Speaker

Julio Vazquez is currently an information architect with SDI. Julio is a key principle who has designed and implemented publication solutions for various SDI clients. He uses his knowledge of technical communications, information architecture, previous publication experience, and investigatory skills to determine information solutions that best fit a client’s needs.

In his previous career with IBM, he was on the corporate team that defined DITA and wrote the first article on the language in April of 2002. He has presented at STC-Carolina, DITA East and DocTrain West and DITA North America on various topics. His first book on DITA, Practical DITA, presents an approach to understanding how to write using DITA from the ground up. He has also published a paper about indexing in the Center for Information Design Management (CIDM) Best Practices Newsletter and is a contributor to the Yahoo! DITA User’s Group, a founder of the RTP DITA User’s Group and a staunch DITA advocate.

Julio Vasquez, SDI

Note

This meeting will be held online. You must RSVP to receive the GoToMeeting invite: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/798824482. After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.

Acknowledgements

This meeting is brought to you by the SF Bay Arbortext PTC/User Group.

We want to thank Wolters Kluwer for supporting our organization and community-focused programs.

We want to thank Single-Sourcing Solutions for coordinating our meeting logistics, administration, and for providing access to their GoToMeeting resources and conference bridge facilities.

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This video goes with the meeting notice posted here. This video is a recorded version of

“Content is King”
Presented by Rajal Shah, Juniper Networks
October 2009 Arbortext PTC/User Group Meeting

This is a recorded version of a live Go2Meeting webcast. The video is posted as is. It has not been edited. You should go read Rajal’s biography here. Every last bit is completely live.

If you want more about Rajal and the Juniper implementation, listen to the podcast.

You can access the video here. You may need the Citrix Go2Meeting codec which is available here.

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Please join us online for our next meeting:

“Content is King“

Presented by Rajal Shah, Juniper Networks

Date: Saturday, 24 October 2009, 9:00-10:30 AM Pacific/US

Location:  Online via GoToMeeting. You must Register to receive the GoToMeeting invite.

Cost: Free and open to all who wish to attend.

Registration: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/557482411

Topic

Juniper Networks has focused on an topic-based documentation and publishing approach for their product documentation for the past 5+ years. Come explore their journey as they began as a vision for “operation efficiency” by migrating from Frame Maker to xml, to a vision that offers a “business value proposition” with topics by offering services to customers to create dynamic content. This presentation will provide an opportunity to learn about our experiences and give you some valuable tips on how to leverage a topic-based approach.

About the Speaker

Rajal Shah is the Director of Document Engineering in the Foundation Technologies group at Juniper Networks. FT is the corporate R&D Group at Juniper Networks. His group is responsible for facilitating and promoting a unified documentation and publishing approach across all five business groups at Juniper.

http://www.juniper.net

Note

This meeting will be held online. You must RSVP to receive the GoToMeeting invite: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/557482411. After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.

Acknowledgements

This meeting is brought to you by the SF Bay Arbortext PTC/User Group

We want to thank Wolters Kluwer for supporting our organization and community-focused programs.

We want to thank Single-Sourcing Solutions for coordinating our meeting logistics, administration, and for providing access to their GoToMeeting resources and conference bridge facilities.

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