One of the key questions when considering moving to the DITA authoring standard is: how is it different from what I have today? If you create technical documentation using a Help Authoring Tool, such as Flare or RoboHelp, you’ll probably want to compare DITA to these. It’s not as easy a question to answer as… Read more »
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Which problems were the creators of DITA trying to solve?
We’re currently working on updating our DITA Basics training course. It’s likely we’ll offer the course as an self-study online course, a classroom course, and as a live tutor-led course delivered over the Internet. In carrying out this exercise, we realised that there was a need to answer some basic, fundamental, questions. So let’s look at some… Read more »
September date for Trends in Technical Communication Workshop – Advanced Technical Writing Techniques
We’ve added a new date for our Trends in Technical Communication Workshop – Advanced Technical Writing Techniques course. It will be held on Tuesday 17 September 2013, in central London. You can book a place via the webpage Trends in Technical Communication Workshop – Advanced Technical Writing Techniques.
tcworld interview: Technical Communication and social media
The July 2013 edition of tcworld magazine contains an interview with Cherryleaf’s Ellis Pratt on technical communication and social media. The magazine also includes an article by Sarah Maddox (now at Google) on how technical communicators can use Twitter in technical communication. We’re not certain when/if the online version will be uploaded to the tcworld… Read more »
How many Technical Authors are in the UK? Here’s the answer
It’s quite difficult to know how many Technical Authors there are in the United Kingdom. The profession doesn’t have its own Standard Occupational Classification code, so there are no official statistics. We can estimate the number of Technical Authors in the IT sector. One way to do this is by looking at the total number people… Read more »