LBS's (now PTC) AcquiRed is worth looking at for your CMS side of things. Richard
Gordon McLean wrote: > I'm currently evaluating a variety of tools and solutions with an aim to > moving the team to some form of single source process. > > We have looked at, and like, DITA, and will be using that as the basis for > our content. > > However trying to find an end-to-end solution is proving hard, or perhaps > I'm looking in the wrong places? > > My belief is we need a database (CMS) to hold the content (as XML chunks), > an editing application (FrameMaker?) as well as a set of rules to transform > the XML into something editable (or we get an XML editor like... XMetal?). > We then need publishing engines to convert the XML to PDF, JavaHelp, HTML > etc. > > Ohh and we need to maintain three different versions (releases) of the > documentation set. > > The DITA side I've done a lot of research on, we have the beginnings of an > Information Model and have planned out how we will specialise the schema for > our own use. > > It's the tooling side that seems wide open. I've looked at the Open Toolkit > but (and this may be a strange admission for a TECHNICAL writer) it's a > little heavy on the tech side. > > So, in short, I'm looking for any/all recommendations in this area. If you > have a DITA based publishing system in place, with version control, I'd love > to hear about it! > > Gordon > > P.S. This is not an excuse for vendors to cold call me! > > The data contained in, or attached to, this e-mail, may contain confidential information. If you have received it in error you should notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail, delete the message from your system and contact +44 (0) 1332 242424 (the Rolls-Royce IT Security Director) if you need assistance. Please do not copy it for any purpose, or disclose its contents to any other person. An e-mail response to this address may be subject to interception or monitoring for operational reasons or for lawful business practices. (c) 2008 Rolls-Royce plc Registered office: 65 Buckingham Gate, London SW1E 6AT Company number: 1003142. Registered in England. _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
