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Modern metadata through a DITA lens

2017-12-042020-05-10 Joe Pairman1 Comment

Modern ways of using metadata connect groups, countries, and organizations. Structured content such as DITA XML provides powerful ways to work with this metadata, but also challenges.

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Structured Content Meets Taxonomy: Webinar Recording

2017-07-21 Joe PairmanLeave a comment

"For truly futureproof content, we need to write well, use structural markers, and associate our chunks of information with external data."

Recording of a joint webinar with PoolParty's Andreas Blumauer.

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Shaping Content with the Deep Magic of Taxonomy (webinar recording)

2016-04-112020-05-12 Joe Pairman

Using a taxonomy makes you look again at what you are writing. You abandon information for its own sake, and instead shape content to fit your customers. Not only does their experience with search and navigation improve; what they find speaks directly to their needs.

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Mass-Managing Adaptive Graphics in an Automated Publishing Environment

2015-12-312020-05-12 Joe PairmanLeave a comment

Good visual communication is essential, yet graphics are often an afterthought in structured content implementations. We need a new approach to make them work well over an increasing range of screen sizes, devices, and contexts.

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What Structured Content Can Do for You (and what it can’t)

2014-12-312020-05-11 Joe Pairman

A mature approach to a structured content implementation has a clear idea of the benefits to be achieved

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Referencing things in the real world — is structured content missing a trick?

2013-04-192020-05-09 Joe Pairman

Inline semantics connected to specific real-world entities have unrealized potential; they should be separated from specific applications where possible; and they are probably best kept in the source.

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