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TRAINING: Learn how to Document APIs and SDKs with a Workshop
on a DVD
Learning how to Document APIs is a great way to enhance your tech
writing skills and earn more money. Our "Workshop-on-a-DVD",
featuring well known tech writing guru Manuel Gordon, can
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Here?s a quote from the recent review on the TECHWR-L website:
"...Manny does a great job of explaining what all the different
pieces in the documentation set look like, how the uninitiated
technical writer can create these deliverables, and even
where to cut corners when you?re short on time."
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"I bought this DVD and found it very useful. There is a lot of
information about how programmers think and what they expect...
in addition to detailed information on APIs and SDKs."
-Mark Giffin, Independent Technical Writer & Consultant
"It's a very good starting point and is well worth the money."
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ANNOUNCE: Attending the Tr-XML Conference? Register now and Be
Entered to Win an iPod Shuffle
The Tri-XML 2005 Conference is coming up fast! This world-class
conference, now in its third year, will be held July 28-30 in
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Are you planning to attend? REGISTER BEFORE 5:00pm EDT on
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(Cancelling registration voids entry.)
The Tri-XML 2005 Conference theme this year "XML in Practice: Hit
the Ground Running," reflecting the goal of providing attendees
with enough information to apply XML to their work. Learn how
others are successfully utilizing XML. Discover what XML tools
can - and can't - do. Gain insight from real-world case studies
presented by industry luminaries and practitioners who will help
you avoid costly mistakes by sharing lessons learned and sound advice.
Here is a list of many of the scheduled presentations (presenters in
parentheses).
-KEYNOTE: XML in the Real World (Wendell Piez)
-Luncheon Presentation (Jonathan Robie)
-XML High Level Overview (Wendell Piez)
-Transforming XML (Mitch Amiano)
-Business Case: Making the Business Case for XML (John Derrick)
-Topic Maps Applied (Chris Hill)
-XML in Business Workflow Engines (tentative) (Conrad D'Cruz)
-XML and Databases (Michael D. Thomas)
-How Global Companies Can Close the Globalization Gap with DITA (Bill
Rabkin)
-Paving the XML-Way in Non-XML Corporations (C. Gene Daniel)
-Technical Details of Content Management and XML (Bret Freeman)
-Steam XML (Christopher Fry and Ed Gehringer)
-XML Authoring and Reviewing goes mainstream with Web-based tools
and DITA (Jerry Silver)
-QueryXML (GlobusData Presenter TBA)
-Content Management and XML (Bret Freeman)
-DataDirect XQueryT: Embeddable, Database and Platform Independent
XQuery for Relational and XML Sources (Jonathan Bruce)
-Developing an Enterprise Publishing Strategy (Mike Vail)
-Integrating Math into XML Workflows with MathML (Bob Mathews)
-High-Performance XQuery Using Large Content Stores (Paul Pedersen)
-Technogeek Uberpresentation: Object-to-XML Mapping in .NET and Beyond
(Chris Dix)
-Implementation Strategies (Lynne A. Price)
-Data Visualization in SVG (Doug Schepers)
-Introduction to DITA: Darwin Information Typing Architecture (Dave A.
Schell)
-Publishing XML (Kay Ethier)
Don't miss the Tri-XML 2005 Conference! Sign up today! Additional
information on the conference and related activities may be found at
www.trixml.org/confindex.shtml or contact Kay Ethier at
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