wiki roundtripping? structured authoring? how do they co-exist?
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Presented by Anne Gentle and Stewart Mader at Documentation and Training West May 6-9, 2008 Vancouver, BCGet a glimpse of the many facets of wikis. “What is the wiki, the source or the deliverable?” You may ask yourself and your teammates this question as you begin to explore wiki implementation ideas. Wikis have many content management-style aspects, so wiki as source repository has definite advantages, until you try to figure out how to slice the wiki into deliverables that resemble a book, a training session, or a user assistance file that is shipped with a software product. If you already have an admirable structured authoring environment, is a wiki then another deliverable? What about round-tripping?TRANSCRIPT
Wiki Roundtripping? Structured Authoring? How Do They Co-Exist?
Wiki Roundtripping? Structured Authoring? How Do They Co-Exist?
Stewart Mader, ikiw.org Anne Gentle, justwriteclick.com
How do you use a wiki?
127 ResponsesSurvey conducted 24-27 March 2008
Wikipedia = one giant spaceWikipedia = one giant space
salessales
marketingmarketing
humanhuman resourcesresources
designdesign
supportsupport
Wiki in your organization = many Wiki in your organization = many spacesspaces
service service requestrequest
communication software deploymentscommunication software deployments
collaborativcollaborative learninge learning
Finance Team Finance Team SpaceSpace
structured authoring and DITAstructured authoring and DITA
contencontentt
formatformat
mapmap
Wiki as source for user assistanceWiki as source for user assistance
IntelIntel
SunSun
eBayeBay
Wiki as output = pre-seedingWiki as output = pre-seeding
DITA authoring, wiki outputDITA authoring, wiki output
Unstructured authoringDITA storage, wiki outputUnstructured authoring
DITA storage, wiki output
Wiki roundtripWiki roundtrip
Wiki Wiki community: community: consultants, consultants, users, users, general publicgeneral public
Writer Writer community: community: authors, authors, publishers, publishers, tool specialiststool specialists
WikislicesWikislices
Any questions?Any questions?
Stewart Mader, ikiw.org Anne Gentle, justwriteclick.com