Offtopic: Trisoft CMS, what is your opinion?

2009-03-17 Thread Yves Barbion 
Hi Verner

I know Trisoft. We did a joint project for Atlas Copco years ago: Trisoft
implemented their InfoShare CMS and I taught the authors to use  IMAP with
Structured FrameMaker.

Now, Trisoft has indeed moved from IMAP to DITA, like us and so many others,
for example Content Technologies, who developed DITA Exchange, a
Sharepoint-based CMS for DITA (www.dita-exchange.com).

Trisoft (and we) know and understand IMAP, and we know how to "map" the IMAP
structures and content units to the DITA content models, which helps us to
get a better understanding of the specific needs of our customers.

If you want to move from unstructured to structured FrameMaker, there are
two FM plug-ins which I can recommend:

   - mif2go , to convert your
   FrameMaker books to DITA maps and topics. I've got a Captivate Flash movie
   that shows you how this goes. If you are interested, contact me off-list.
   - DITA-FMx , to author DITA XML topics
   and publish them in a variety of output formats, using the DITA Open
   Toolkit.

You may also want to post your question in the DITA Yahoo Groups to get a
better response:

   - dita-users <
   
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/dita-users/?v=1&t=search&ch=web&pub=groups&sec=group&slk=1
   >
   - framemaker-dita <
   
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/framemaker-dita/?v=1&t=search&ch=web&pub=groups&sec=group&slk=1
   >


Regards

-- 
Yves Barbion ? Managing Director ? Adobe-Certified FrameMaker Instructor
www.scripto.nu  ? skype: yves.barbion  ? T: +32 494 12 01 89

Re: Offtopic: Trisoft CMS, what is your opinion?

2009-03-17 Thread Yves Barbion 
Hi Verner

I know Trisoft. We did a joint project for Atlas Copco years ago: Trisoft
implemented their InfoShare CMS and I taught the authors to use  IMAP with
Structured FrameMaker.

Now, Trisoft has indeed moved from IMAP to DITA, like us and so many others,
for example Content Technologies, who developed DITA Exchange, a
Sharepoint-based CMS for DITA (www.dita-exchange.com).

Trisoft (and we) know and understand IMAP, and we know how to "map" the IMAP
structures and content units to the DITA content models, which helps us to
get a better understanding of the specific needs of our customers.

If you want to move from unstructured to structured FrameMaker, there are
two FM plug-ins which I can recommend:

   - mif2go , to convert your
   FrameMaker books to DITA maps and topics. I've got a Captivate Flash movie
   that shows you how this goes. If you are interested, contact me off-list.
   - DITA-FMx , to author DITA XML topics
   and publish them in a variety of output formats, using the DITA Open
   Toolkit.

You may also want to post your question in the DITA Yahoo Groups to get a
better response:

   - dita-users <
   
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/dita-users/?v=1&t=search&ch=web&pub=groups&sec=group&slk=1
   >
   - framemaker-dita <
   
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/framemaker-dita/?v=1&t=search&ch=web&pub=groups&sec=group&slk=1
   >


Regards

-- 
Yves Barbion • Managing Director • Adobe-Certified FrameMaker Instructor
www.scripto.nu  • skype: yves.barbion  • T: +32 494 12 01 89
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Offtopic: Trisoft CMS, what is your opinion?

2009-03-16 Thread Andersen, Verner Engell VEA 
I have been asked "what do you think about trisoft cms"?

I don't know the product. Right now I am the only one using unstructured
Framemaker. We have 5 writers who are using MS Word. Framemaker has been
bought and we have a template in unstructured FM that is built up around
the IMAP structure. We are considering moving to structured Framemaker
and DITA.

Our product manuals are translated into 22 languages. We do not have a
cms system. I am the only one single-sourcing pdf and context-sensitive
webhelp output.
I am sure that there are many possibilities of reuse among the product
manuals.


Trisoft claims "Doing DITA without a CMS wouldn't be the brightest thing
you ever did". What do you think? Is Trisoft the right thing for us?

Med venlig hilsen - Best regards
Verner Andersen
Technical Writer

Radiometer Medical ApS
Phone +45 3827 3612
Fax +45 3827 2727
verner.andersen at radiometer.dk




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Offtopic: Trisoft CMS, what is your opinion?

2009-03-16 Thread Andersen, Verner Engell VEA 
I have been asked "what do you think about trisoft cms"?
 
I don't know the product. Right now I am the only one using unstructured
Framemaker. We have 5 writers who are using MS Word. Framemaker has been
bought and we have a template in unstructured FM that is built up around
the IMAP structure. We are considering moving to structured Framemaker
and DITA.
 
Our product manuals are translated into 22 languages. We do not have a
cms system. I am the only one single-sourcing pdf and context-sensitive
webhelp output.
I am sure that there are many possibilities of reuse among the product
manuals.
 
 
Trisoft claims "Doing DITA without a CMS wouldn't be the brightest thing
you ever did". What do you think? Is Trisoft the right thing for us?
 
Med venlig hilsen - Best regards
Verner Andersen
Technical Writer

Radiometer Medical ApS
Phone +45 3827 3612
Fax +45 3827 2727
verner.ander...@radiometer.dk




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Denmark 
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