Writing for Reuse Discussions (9)

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John Melendez Discrepancy in Kurt Ament's "Single Sourcing..."???

Folks, I am reading Kurt Ament's wonderful book entitled Single Sourcing: Building Modular Documentation (© 2003, William Andrew Publishi...

Started by John Melendez

2 May 31
Reply by Kai Weber

Pamela Kostur Are you reusing content? what content? how?

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 con...

Started by Pamela Kostur

8 Apr 24
Reply by Pamela Kostur

David Jones How do you educate the lay person?

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 gro...

Started by David Jones

3 Apr 8
Reply by Pamela Kostur

Pamela Kostur Reuse Rant

Okay, so this weekend, I discovered the need for content reuse. I purchased a product at a health food store and found three different in...

Started by Pamela Kostur

3 Apr 2
Reply by Mike McNamara

Pamela Kostur Why reuse content?

We've been discussing issues with reusing content and the need for standards and for planning when forming a reuse strategy. So, I've bee...

Started by Pamela Kostur

9 Mar 26
Reply by Pamela Kostur

David Jones How do you educate the lay person?

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 gro...

Started by David Jones

0 Mar 21

Pamela Kostur What about marketing?

Has anyone had success reusing content between tech docs and marketing? When I analyze content, I often see a huge disconnect between the...

Started by Pamela Kostur

2 Mar 21
Reply by Pamela Kostur

Pamela Kostur Standards and reusable content

We've been talking about issues with reusing content and a couple of concerns have come up. Apparently, authors don't trust each other's ...

Started by Pamela Kostur

8 Mar 14
Reply by Tanja Koikkalainen

Pamela Kostur Challenges in writing reusable content

Writing for reuse makes sense for several reasons, among them: -it's efficient (saves time and money) -it helps to ensure content is cons...

Started by Pamela Kostur

6 Mar 12
Reply by Pamela Kostur

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