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From the Rockley BlogThat's Intelligent (use of) Content!Posted on July 20th, 2010 by Charles Cooper Penguin books have taken another step to broaden their reach from paper books to, well, everything. In addition to their line of children's books/apps for the iPad, they have just announced an eBook with a tie-in to an upcoming TV mini-series.
Jill Nagle interview with Ann RockleyPosted on July 13th, 2010 by Charles Cooper On July 12th, Jill Nagle of ZENGAGE had a short discussion with Ann about content strategy and customer service.
Jill's been implementing content strategies for clients for a few years, and when she first started out, Ann was one of the people she looked to for guidance.
Prediction comes true, SDL buys authoring tool (Xopus)Posted on July 7, 2010 by Ann Rockley In 2008 after SDL had purchased Idiom, and bought a stake in Trisoft I asked the question “could an XML-based authoring tool be in the offing for SDL as well?” Little did I know that that was in fact early days as they fully acquired Trisoft and a year later they acquired XyEnterprise and all their tools. Now they have bought an XML-based authoring tool, truly giving them end-to-end functionality in XML and structured content. more... In the Land of Ebook Readers, how low can you go?Posted on June 21, 2010 by Charles Cooper It’s an interesting time for those looking to purchase a device, any device, on which to read books. Webinar audio available – Exactly What NOT to Do When Making the Move from Print Publishing to New MediaPosted on June 21, 2010 by Charles Cooper If you’d like to hear the webinar “Exactly What NOT to Do When Making the Move from Print Publishing to New Media” with Ann Rockley and Brett Freedman again, or if you were unable to listen in at the scheduled time, it’s now available online. Webinar: Exactly What NOT to Do When Making the Move from Print Publishing to New MediaPosted on June 7, 2010 by Charles Cooper Are you considering converting your printed documentation to some form of an eBook? There are pitfalls and problems along the way, but it doesn’t have to be as hard or frightening as some make it out to be. Join Ann Rockley and Brett Freeman as they explain what NOT to do when making the move from print publishing to new media. Praise for the Post OfficePosted on May 14, 2010 by Charles Cooper It’s not something you hear too often, but I’m really impressed with the postal service. I received a parcel at the office. It was from the US and of course, we’re here in Canada. OK, not that impressive, you’re thinking. I get parcels at the office all the time – even international ones. Yes, you do need a Controlled VocabularyPosted on May 10, 2010 by Charles Cooper About a month ago I blogged about the question "Do you need a Controlled Vocabulary?" The post was a response to a statement from a client who doubted that people in his section of his company needed a controlled vocabulary, because he was sure that everyone used terms and names consistently. STC 2010 Book Draw ResultsPosted on May 6, 2010 by Ann Rockley We're back from STC 2010 in Dallas. It was a very busy week, with two days of pre-conference workshops and then a session on the final day. We met lots of new people, and got a chance to reconnect with old friends. And of course, we'd like to announce the winners of our draw for the new 101 Series books. New Books from The Rockley GroupPosted on May 2, 2010 by Charles Cooper As part of our 101 Series, we’d like to announce three new books. Following on the heels of the successful DITA 101: Fundamentals of DITA for Authors and Managers, we’re working on three new titles. STC 2010 in DallasPosted on May 2, 2010 by Charles Cooper Come and meet us at the STC Conference in Dallas. We’ll be at booth 308 on the exhibition floor. Ann will also be presenting “Content Management in a Nutshell” as part of the Preconference Certificate Program on Saturday and Sunday, and “Developing a Structured Content Strategy” on Wednesday morning. SDL Delivers on Dynamic Publishing VisionPosted on April 21, 2010 by Ann Rockley For years we have talked about dynamic publishing, but frankly it has been hard to do and we have often had to cobble together a multi-product publishing solution to provide full functionality. SDL has just announced the integration of SDL Trisoft (DITA-based Component Content Management System) and SDL LiveContent (a dynamic delivery engine) to provide dynamic publishing of technical documentation. Metadata is a funny thingPosted on March 8, 2010 by Charles Cooper Metadata is a funny thing. It can help you find information, or, if it’s not well chosen, hide it. And of course, we don’t want to hide information, we want to let people find it. Why then do so many people use metadata so poorly? Do you need a Controlled Vocabulary?Posted on March 5, 2010 by Charles Cooper I was just asked “what’s so important about controlled vocabularies?” The person I was speaking to explained that he felt that he didn’t need one for his organisation, as everyone knew “what things were called”, and he was sure that everyone used terms consistently.
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101 Series - Three new books on the wayFollowing on the heels of the successful DITA 101: Fundamentals of DITA for Authors and Managers, we’re working on three new titles. Steve Manning is writing Publishing DITA 101, Charles Cooper is writing Metadata 101 and Scott Able is writing Social Networking 101. Each of these will be an easy to read, yet focused introduction to their own topic areas. For more information, click here!
We've updated our ROI Calculator
Our popular ROI calculator has just been updated. The background costings and assumptions have been refreshed, and we now provide support for content delivery as well. You can download the updated version right here.
DITA 101
If you're in the process of implementing DITA, expect to do so in the future, or just want to learn more about it without having to wade through technical specifications, this is the book for you. DITA 101 is designed for authors and managers. We’ve taken our years' of experience helping organizations to move to DITA and training our clients in creating DITA content and distilled it into an easy to read and understand format. Combined with our expertise in developing effective reuse strategies and adopting content management, this book covers everything you need to know to understand DITA from an authors or managers viewpoint. Now available in hardcopy at at Amazon.com. Click here to order! Available in hardcopy and PDF format at Lulu.com. Click here to order! Not sure? Want a peek inside? Click here to get a copy of Chapter 3, Reuse: Today’s best practice.
Managing Enterprise Content: A Unified Content Strategy
"This book is destined to become the industry standard for implementing content management" Judith L. Glick-Smith, Amazon reviewer For more information see the book website.
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