Aboutness first, format second – Data states, writing illuminates

2017-12-04 Aboutness first, format second

Modern metadata through a DITA lens

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.

2017-07-21 Aboutness first, format second

Structured Content Meets Taxonomy: Webinar Recording

“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.

2016-04-11 Aboutness first, format second / Schemas help readers

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

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.

2015-12-31 Aboutness first, format second

Mass-Managing Adaptive Graphics in an Automated Publishing Environment

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.

2014-12-31 Aboutness first, format second / Schemas help readers

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

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

2013-04-19 Aboutness first, format second

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

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.