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The RealWorld DITA 2009 Conference
Conference on the Darwin Information Typing Architecture
for Users, Managers, and Interested Parties
September 14-15, 2009 (Changed to two days to adjust for the current economic conditions our attendees are facing.)
Raleigh, North Carolina USA
Sponsors
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Schedule
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DAY ONE
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Track 1 |
Track 2 |
Track 3 |
8:30
9:00 |
Registration, Networking, & Visit Exhibits
EXHIBITS OPEN
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9:00
9:15 |
Welcome & Speaker Introductions
(Kay Whatley, Above And Beyond Learning)
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9:15
10:15
(1.0hr) |
Keynote: How DITA Changed the TechComm Landscape
(Julio J. Vazquez, SDI Corp.)
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10:15
10:40 |
Break to Network and Visit Exhibitors (coffee and more in the exhibit area) |
10:40
11:55
(1.25hr) |
Overview of DITA 1.2
(Kristen James Eberlein, IBM)
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DITA and DITA Toolkit Overview
(Pam Noreault, SOPHOS)
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Create a DITA Compliant CMS on a dime Using Adobe Products
(Thomas Aldous, Adobe Systems)
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11:55
1:30
(1.5hr) |
Catered Lunch Provided (a few vegetarian options)
PANEL/KEYNOTE:
DITA in an agile software development environment: Lessons learned, so far!
(Tricia York Garrett, Susan Carpenter, Brandy Byrd Gantt, and Karen Deen, IBM)
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1:30
2:00 |
Break to Network and Visit Exhibitors (coffee and more in the exhibit area)
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2:00
3:15
(1.25hr) |
DITA and Dynamic Publishing
(Jon Parsons, SDL XySoft)
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Collaboration Via Reuse: Are We There Yet?
(Don Bridges, DCL)
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DITA By the Bucketful: Applying DITA to YOUR Content, Part 1
(Leigh White, Allscripts and Mollye Barrett, CM Pros)
advance registration required, limited seats
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3:15
3:45 |
Break to Network and Visit Exhibitors (coffee and more in the exhibit area)
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3:45
5:00
(1.25hr) |
DITADoclet tool and DITA Java API solution - benefits
(Mariana and Michael Alupului, IBM)
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DITA in Action: A Case Study
(Andy Lewis, RADVISION)
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DITA By the Bucketful: Applying DITA to YOUR Content, Part 2
(Leigh White, Allscripts and Mollye Barrett, CM Pros)
advance registration required, must attend both parts
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| 5:00 |
Adjourn for the Day (Informal group dinners; Dog & Pony canceled--no sponsor)
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DAY TWO
| Time |
Track 1 |
Track 2 |
Track 3 |
8:30
9:00 |
Registration, Networking, & Visit Exhibits
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9:00
9:15 |
Welcome & Speaker Introductions
(Kay Whatley, Above And Beyond Learning)
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9:15
10:15
(1.0hr) |
Keynote: DITA is Not Enough
(Julio J. Vazquez, SDI Corp.)
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10:15
10:40 |
Break to Network and Visit Exhibitors (coffee and more in the exhibit area)
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10:40
11:55
(1.25hr) |
(presentation late cancellation)
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Case study: Using DITA in a web service for easier, more reliable linking to our documentation pages
(Tricia York Garrett, Susan Carpenter, and Frances Overby, IBM)
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Adobe FrameMaker and DITA Maps (tentative title)
(Thomas Aldous, Adobe Systems)
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11:55
1:15 |
Catered Lunch Provided (a few vegetarian options)
Networking Time, No Speaker
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1:15
2:30
(1.25hr) |
Designing your DITA reuse strategy
(Kristen James Eberlein, IBM)
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Dynamic Content Delivery - coupling run-time DITA processing and transformation with open services and semantics
(Michael Beaver, IBM)
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Concept, Task, Reference: A practical guide to choosing the right topic type
(Larry Kunz, SDI Corporation)
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2:30
3:00 |
Break to Network and Visit Exhibitors (coffee and more in the exhibit area)
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| 3:00 |
EXHIBITS CLOSE
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3:00
4:30
(1.5hr) |
DitaWiki project: A Native DitaWiki
(Jeff Jagoda, IBM)
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Creativity or Confusion? The Case for Word-, Phrase-, and Sentence-level Reuse
(Mark Ogden, acrolinx North America, Inc)
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PDF Customization – Using Idiom FO plug-in and RenderX XEP
(Pam Noreault, SOPHOS)
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4:30
5:30
(1.0hr) |
Panel Discussion: Questions from the audience, directed by all remaining speakers and vendors
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| 5:30 |
Adjourn
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