Articles on Content Structure
Every Page is Page One: Topic Based Authoring for Tech Comm and the Web
Mark Baker’s position is that any page or topic on the web or in Internet help content could be the first one that a user sees-Every Page is Page One. Therefore, each topic must stand alone and provide enough context to be understandable without reading any other topic. Creating these “EPPO” topics takes a shift in thinking for many writers.
oXygen XML Editor — Bringing Consistency, Collaboration, and Structure to Content Production
Companies today face a wide range of challenges when aiming for great content that meets customers’ needs. Barriers between departments with content creation duties, lack of consistent workflows, and entrenched processes inhibit collaboration. For years, oXygen XML Editor has been the XML development and structured authoring platform of choice for teams that must produce complex, lengthy, and accurate content.
Announcing the TechWhirl Community Forum
Announcing TechWhirl Community Forum: A free question and answer / discussion resource for anyone who wants to ask questions or start discussions on Technical Communications, Content Management and Customer Experience Management.
Structured Authoring: Good for more than Tech Pubs? (Poll)
This week’s poll question and discussion in the comments request: Can structured authoring be used for more than technical publications (please vote)? Then in what industry and why (comments) or if you think technical documentation is the only documents that really work, why?
Using HTML5: Do I Really Have To?
If you have been living under a rock for the last two years, you might not have heard that there’s a major update to HTML (or HyperText Markup Language if your rock residency has been longer than two years) that is going to affect…well…everyone. It’s time to jump into HTML5 and the sooner, the better.
The Three Musketeers of Technical Content
Creating good technical content can be an adventure fraught with danger. But do not despair, for there are some brave heroes who will fight for you! Call them the Three Musketeers of Technical Content. Together, they introduce flexibility, usability, and efficiency into creating, maintaining, and publishing technical content.
Technical Communication Poll: Can Structured Authoring and Web Content Delivery Co-exist?
Three of the most respected names in technical communication, —Tom Johnson (I’d Rather Be Writing), Sarah O’Keefe (Scriptorium), and Mark Baker (Every Page is Page One) – have been having a spirited online discussion over the role of structured authoring and the World Wide Web. Now mind you, it’s been is a very respectful disagreement with each of them acknowledging each other’s insightful comments along the way. Essentially, their arguments boil down to the choice of one little word: Or, And or For… inserted between structured authoring and web content delivery.
With the advent and growth of digital media, technical communication and content management professionals are challenged to find better ways to produce and manage content. They aim use structured writing to produce reusable content more efficiently, reduce duplication and rework, and to support more efficient localization and translation.
Arising out of the development of Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) in the late 1990′s, structured writing makes use of consistent rules of syntax, metadata, and markup to group and organize content into information types such as concept, task and reference. Authors who practice structured writing make use of approaches such as topic-based writing and minimalism to support the overall content structure.
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