Society for Technical Communication, UK Chapter - Trends in Technical Communication

Sunday, 18 May 2008

Home

Latest News
Birmingham STC conference: Agenda finalised Trends in Technical Communication Linguistic Advisor (Paris or South of France) Technical Author (Automation Technology) Sophia-Antipolis, France Technical trainer, Genoa Italy

Popular
STC UK 2-day conference on XML / DITA / FrameMaker 2007-2008 STC UK programme of events Visual Communication Weekend - the organiser's view Nancy Halverson gets award Who are your STC UK chapter contacts?

Main Menu

Syndicate

Trends in Technical Communication

Written by Ant Davey

Thursday, 08 May 2008

The agenda for the weekend of 21-22 June is:

Saturday 21st June

09:00-09:30	Registration and refreshments
09:30-09:45	Welcome and introduction
09:45-11:00	Trends in Technical Communication Sarah will examine the opportunities and risks around three major issues: globalization; the growing importance of XML-based publishing; and the increase in user-generated content ("Web 2.0").
11:00-11:30	Mid-morning tea/coffee break
11:30-12:30	Implementing content management – a member's case study (Shannon Milsom, CSR)
12:30-14:00	Buffet lunch and networking opportunity
14:00-14:45	STC UK Chapter Annual General Meeting
14.45-15:30	Managing change – interactive session
15:30-16:00	Afternoon tea/coffee and networking opportunity
16:00-17:30	Paradigm shifts are never pretty – Sarah O'Keefe
17:30-18:00	Presidents' champagne and chocolate reception

Sunday 22nd June

Introduction to XSL Workshop by Sarah O'Keefe

09:30-10:00	Registration and refreshments
10:00-10:10	Welcome and introduction - XSL workshop
10:10-11:15	First morning session - XSL workshop
11:15-11:45	Mid-morning tea/coffee break and networking
11:45-12:30	Second morning session - XSL workshop
12:30-14:00	Restaurant lunch and networking opportunity
14:00-15:00	First afternoon session - XSL workshop
15:00-15:20	Afternoon tea/coffee and networking opportunity
15:20-16:15	Final session - XSL workshop
16:15-16:30	Closing session

If you need to output your XML content to HTML this workshop is for you. Sarah's workshop will look at Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) transformation from the perspective of, and addressing the challenges faced by those in the publishing field. See how to convert XML content into HTML output.

You should have a solid understanding of Extensible Markup Language (XML). Programming knowledge is not required but will be helpful.

Each participant should bring a laptop and will need to install specific open-source software ahead of time. An email will be sent to each registrant in advance of this session.

Topics include:

Creating basic transformation files
Processing paragraph and inline elements
Generating tables
Generating tables of contents
And more as time permits

This workshop is, in effect, the first day of Scriptorium's three-day XSL workshop - an excellent course that normally costs over US $1,000! Sarah will provide all the materials for the full workshop, so that particpants can complete their study at their own pace after the event. She has also offered free telephone or email support, for a limited period, to respond to questions that you may have as you complete the rest of the workshop. This is an excellent opportunity to benefit from some top-level training at a bargain price.

For details of how to book your space at this STC UK event, please click here.

Last Updated ( Saturday, 10 May 2008 )

< Prev		Next >

[ Back ]