Writing for Reuse

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Writing reusable content--and reusing content others create--is efficient for you, your company, and your users. But, writing reusable content can be challenging and requires much planning. Share your thoughts!

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Are you reusing content? what content? how?
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I'm preparing for an upcoming conference where I'm speaking on writing for reuse. I'm trying to get a feel for how people are reusing content, or if they are reusing content? If not, why not? If so... Continue

Started by Pamela Kostur. Last reply by Pamela Kostur Apr 24.

How do you educate the lay person?
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We want to roll out our CM system to the entire company what tips do people have on educating the non-writers in reuse? Currently my group of professional tech writers have no problems grasping th... Continue

Started by David Jones. Last reply by Pamela Kostur Apr 8.

Reuse Rant
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Okay, so this weekend, I discovered the need for content reuse. I purchased a product at a health food store and found three different instructions for its use. The instructions on the box said to ... Continue

Started by Pamela Kostur. Last reply by Mike McNamara Apr 2.

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Comment by Pamela Kostur on May 2, 2008 at 9:59am: Hi everyone! thought I'd let you know that Part 2 of my article on Writing for Reuse is available at DCL News. Check out http://www.dclab.com/dclnews.asp.

Are any of you going to the DocTrain conference in Vancouver next week? I'm doing a presentation and a workshop on writing reusable content. Would love to see you there!

Comment by Pamela Kostur on April 1, 2008 at 3:00pm: Doug, there are no questions that are too basic! I think that first, you need to establish what your employer is trying to accomplish with a reuse strategy. What are you trying to accomplish? What is the scope of your project? Then, you can select a representative set of documents to analyze. Analysis will show you where reuse occurs or should occur and will also uncover other issues that you can resolve with a reuse strategy. Once you know what you're trying to do, and what issues you're trying to resolve, you can start on figuring out processes to resolve them. Make sense?

Comment by Doug Blackley on April 1, 2008 at 12:45pm: Afternoon, all:

I've been tasked to discover the means whereby my employer might establish a process (es) for reusing content. I am a novice. I hope my very basic questions won't frustrate too many of you.

Comment by Mike McNamara on March 26, 2008 at 3:24pm: Hi,

If you missed today's 'Xpress DITA Enterprise Suite for Word and SharePoint' webinar and you're in U.K. on the 10th April; you can see it again along with a full demonstration (as well as a number of other XML production tools) at a one-day seminar that I have organised in conjunction with X-Window Ltd. Full details can be at www.x-window.co.uk/events. Only a few places are left, so hurry before they are all filled!

Mike

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