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    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.

    I'm posting now at Do The Words, on how writing helps you think, listen, and lead.
    Not posting here any more but keeping the site up, as a few of the posts are still popular and hopefully useful.
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