OASIS DITA Adoption Technical Committee
Fall Webinar Series 2012
First
webinar—DITA
and Translation: Process changes and cost savings
Many companies with all types of technologies
have migrated
their technical communication development to the OASIS DITA
standard. Some are
even in their fourth, fifth, or sixth year of their DITA
implementations. In
this webinar, managers of major DITA implementations explain what
they have
done to reduce translation costs, what they have learned, and what
they are
achieving in translation quality, time to market, and translation
costs.
Proposed speakers: Vikram Nanwani, Xylem
(heavy-equipment
manufacturing); Tim Young, Cisco (telecommunications software and
hardware);
Kevin O'Reilly, Varian (medical devices)
Second
webinar—Using XLIFF as
the Backbone of a DITA
Translation Process
As the Darwin Information Typing Architecture
(DITA) becomes
the de facto XML standard for technical publications, more and
more
organizations are struggling with the changes DITA brings to their
translation
processes. A DITA translation, with its hundreds and even
thousands of files,
requires a significant change in the way files are managed and
previous
translations are leveraged. Without proper adjustments to the
translation
process, groups risk squandering gains in both translation cost
and quality.
This presentation will show XLIFF’s
capabilities as a full
framework for building a translation process and offer suggestions
and best
practices for both specifying and implementing the new process.
Topics will
include:
·
Converting DITA content to
XLIFF
·
Pre-translating and
packaging DITA content for
delivery to translation
·
Collaborating with the LSPs
·
Receiving XLIFF content
from translation and
converting to DITA
·
Importing and publishing
translations coming out
of the XLIFF process
Proposed speakers: Frank Miller, Comtech (DITA
Adoption
committee member); Rodolfo Raya, MaxPrograms (XLIFF committee
member)
Third
webinar—
Calculating the potential cost savings and quality management of
DITA and
Translation
Significant cost savings and quality management
can be
realized by a move to DITA for translation of content.
Proposed speakers: Marc Miller, Crimson
Languages; Matt
Arney, CSoft; someone from Freescale
Kris
Kristen James Eberlein
Principal consultant, Eberlein Consulting
Co-chair, OASIS DITA Technical Committee
Charter member, OASIS DITA Adoption Committee
www.eberleinconsulting.com
+1 919 682-2290; kriseberlein (skype)
-------- Original Message --------
| Subject: | Plans for OASIS DITA Adoption webinar series |
|---|---|
| Date: | Tue, 10 Jul 2012 19:43:31 +0000 |
| From: | JoAnn Hackos <joann.hackos@comtech-serv.com> |
| To: | Kristen James Eberlein <kris@eberleinconsulting.com>, "Schnabel, Bryan S" <bryan.s.schnabel@tektronix.com> |
Hi Kris and Bryan,
The OASIS DITA Adoption TC is planning a
series of three webinars this fall on DITA adoption and
Translation. I’ve attached an overview of the plans. At
present, we have confirmation from three speakers and
invitations out to all listed.
Please put this subject onto your TC
agendas in the next week or so. We want to inform people of
what we’re planning and invite any comments about the outline.
Please also let me know if you have any
questions.
Best regards,
JoAnn
JoAnn T. Hackos, PhD
President
Comtech Services Inc.
710 Kipling Street, Suite 400
Denver, CO 80215
skype joannhackos
-- Best, Kris Kristen James Eberlein Principal consultant, Eberlein Consulting Co-chair, OASIS DITA Technical Committee Charter member, OASIS DITA Adoption Committee www.eberleinconsulting.com +1 919 682-2290; kriseberlein (skype)