Posts Tagged ‘XML’
What a Technical Writer Should Know About DocBook?
© 2009 Ugur Akinci DocBook is a set of tools for implementing XML (Extended Markup Language)-based structured documentation. It is developed back in 1991 and is widely used today by those technical writers who generate single-sourced documentation. It is especially well suited for software, hardware and networking documentation. A DocBook set includes the DocBook DTD…
Read MoreXML Authoring is Here to Stay in Technical Writing
by Nabil Freij Guest Author Global Vision If you’ve been following the Technical Communications industry, you may have noticed the obvious migration that is happening towards XML (Extensible Markup Language) processes, tools and formats. Based on a recent survey implemented by scriptorium (scriptorium.com), only 16.2% of 328 respondents indicated that they do not plan to…
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The Future of Documentation Belongs to XML, Extended Markup Language
Introduction XML, that is, Extended Markup Language, is the future of technical writing. Two Reasons There are TWO important reasons why that is so. REASON 1: XML is at the heart of “single sourcing” movement. The whole idea is to write something once and then “tag” it in such a way that it would be…
Read MoreWhat's the Best Way to Learn Structured XML-Based FrameMaker?
© 2009 Ugur Akinci FrameMaker (FM) is a great and popular technical writing tool with XML-based single-sourcing functionality. But its learning curve is rather steep. So how does a technical writer teach him- or herself structured FrameMaker? What’s the best way to learn? Here are my suggestions, based on my ten years of Fortune 500…
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