Next Meeting
February Meeting
Topic: Using SharePoint to Manage, Review and Publish DITA Content
Speaker: Brian Meek, of DITA Exchange
When: Wednesday, February 8, 2012 @ 7:00pm PST
Details:
If your company uses Microsoft SharePoint, and you work with DITA content, please make an effort to attend this session and learn about the current capabilities of DITA Exchange software.
The session will address the combination of SharePoint and DITA from two perspectives: For those in need of a complete DITA implementation (Authoring process, CCMS, Review & Approval workflows, Multichannel publishing, etc.); and for those looking to augment an existing DITA implementation by taking advantage of SharePoint for collaboration & workflows, data integration, search, Web publishing and automated document assembly through Microsoft Word Templates or an integrated instance of the DITA Open Toolkit.
We will demonstrate how SharePoint sites can be built using dynamically-rendered DITA content, and we’ll also look at using various XML authoring tools with SharePoint, including a Microsoft Word "Customization" designed to guide business users and SMEs in the creation and editing of valid DITA topics.
We’re looking forward to an interactive, “show & tell” discussion about how the DITA information architecture and XML publishing model adds value to SharePoint, and how SharePoint provides an effective platform upon which we’ve been able to build sophisticated CCMS capabilities publishing processes...
If you would like to see some of your own DITA content used as an example in the demonstration, please contact Brian @ DITA Exchange.
Virtual attendance: Citrix has provided us with a GoToMeeting account, so we'll be offering virtual attendance to our meetings when possible. If you're interested in joining us virually, contact Scott Prentice at least 48 hours before the meeting time.
Where: Hitachi Data Systems, 2801 Lafayette Street, Santa Clara, CA 95050
NOTE: There is no entrance from Central Expressway. Enter the campus on Lafayette.
See the directions on the attached location and campus maps.
Directions (see maps below):
- Take 101 to the DelaCruz Blvd Exit in Santa Clara (just north of the San Jose airport).
- Go south on DelaCruz. Stay in the right lane and turn right at the first stoplight onto Central Expressway.
- Go 1/4 mile and turn left at the first stoplight (Lafayette Street). The Hitachi Data Systems campus is on your left.
- Pass the first driveway (The street is marked for no left turn).
- Turn left into the second driveway
- Follow the road straight ahead along the back propery line.
- Pass a long building on your left into the first parking lot. Do not stop here.
- Pass the second building and turn left after you pass it.
- Drive to the center of east end of the building (address is 700 Central Expressway). This is where the lobby is.
Meet promptly at 7:00pm in the lobby. Diane Gaskill is our official HDS escort.
Future Meetings
- March 14: BlueStream XDocs demo (pending)
- April 11: ??
- May 9: ??
Looking for presenter on ..
- All about keyrefs and conkeyrefs
Send in your ideas or volunteer to share your latest project with the group!