Designing an infrastructure Designing an infrastructure to support the publishing to support the publishing

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Julio J. VazquezSDI Global Solutions

What I’ll coverWhat I’ll cover

• Who I am

• A look at the publishing lifecycle

• Requirements & Planning

• Writing and Editing

• Review

• Translation

• Approval

• Publish

• What does it look like?

Who I amWho I am

• Sr. Information Architect

• Lead consultant

• Over 30 years in IT

• Over 20 years in technical communications

• Writer of Practical DITA

• DITA advocate

A look at the publishing lifecycleA look at the publishing lifecycle

Requirements & PlanningRequirements & Planning

Requirements & PlanningRequirements & Planning

• How do you capture the requirements?

• How to reflect those requirements in deliverables?

• How do you validate the requirements?

• What’s the interlock between the requirements and the plan?

Writing and EditingWriting and Editing

Writing and EditingWriting and Editing

• Ease of insertion of elements

• Ease of adding or changing attributes

• Display of content

• Manage linguistics

• Ability to launch publishing previews

• Different editing modes

• Support for arbitrary DTD

• Support for CMS

ReviewReview

ReviewReview

• Define your approach.

• Look for tools that best meet that approach.

• Ease of access to review mechanism.

• Ability to see broader context.

• Collaborative communication.

TranslationTranslation

ApprovalApproval

PublishPublish

What does it look like?What does it look like?