Keeping Product Documentation Aligned with Product Configuration
In industries, like aerospace, automotive, and machinery, products are usually delivered in a customer-specific configuration. At the...
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Blog on Component Content Management, Structured Content, and Content Automation
Here, we are sharing our insights on recent trends in the industry, exploring the possibilities that structured content opens for you, giving you ideas on how you can leverage your product documentation, and advising how you can get the most out of our products.
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- Apr 26
- 7 min
The Importance of Content Strategy for Business Growth
This is a guest post from our partner Intuitive Stack. It's a professional services firm specializing in helping businesses tackle...
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- Apr 26
- 3 min
How Metadata Makes Content Authors More Efficient and Improves Customer Experience
The term “metadata” for computer systems has been around since 1960s. But how exactly should it be used for your content so that both you...
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- Mar 20
- 3 min
The Many Faces of Component Content Management
Technical writers are not the only ones who create technical documentation. Engineers, developers, managers, part-time content authors...
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- Feb 21
- 4 min
Can Customer Support Chatbots Be Smart?
These days, we are seeing chatbots virtually everywhere, from pizza ordering to psychological counseling to customer service. Some of...
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- Feb 21
- 2 min
How To Streamline Your DITA Linguistic Review
This is a guest post from our partner WhP International. Since its foundation in 1994, WhP has matured and crafted its DNA in the...
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- Feb 8
- 3 min
Automate It!
So you are in DITA. This means you can reuse and profile content, produce multiple outputs from the single source, reduce translation...
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- Jan 5
- 4 min
Is Your Content Semantically Rich? Why You May Want to Care about Semantics
When your content reaches your customers, usually they have no idea how you created it. Basically, they don't care whether you used DITA,...
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- Dec 20, 2022
- 5 min
True and False about DITA, Part 2
In the previous post, I talked about some popular beliefs about DITA. Today, I’m exploring some more of them. DITA requires a significant...
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- Nov 17, 2022
- 5 min
True and False about DITA, Part 1
In the previous post, I talked about some arguments why DITA could be a good choice for your content. Today, I’m going to discuss some...
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- Oct 6, 2022
- 4 min
Is DITA the Only Choice for Structured Content?
In a series of previous posts, I wrote about using structured content as an enabler for content automation. For many, especially for...
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- Sep 15, 2022
- 3 min
How a Configuration Database Enables Automation of Technical Documentation Assembly for Complex Prod
After posting the recent post about assembling product documentation based on product configuration, I’ve got quite a few requests asking...
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- Aug 18, 2022
- 3 min
Some Thoughts on Our Experience with Assembling Product Documentation Based on Product Configuration
Recently, we've completed several projects for machinery and aerospace customers. The way they create and deliver content is quite...
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- Jul 21, 2022
- 2 min
A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words
Complex products with multiple models and various configuration options require significant content maintenance efforts. The content has...
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- Jun 15, 2022
- 2 min
DITA Component Content Management System vs. Git
Quite often customers ask us: what are the advantages of a DITA component content management system (DITA CCMS) over Git? Here’s a thing:...
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- May 19, 2022
- 4 min
How to Choose a DITA CCMS?
Here are some recommendations on how you can choose a DITA Component Content Management System (DITA CCMS) that meets your needs. Use...
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