Idiom Leads Multiple Sessions at DITA 2006 to Promote DITA's Emerging Role in Globalization; Presentations to Focus on Best Practices and Success Stories in Using the XML Standard to Better Manage Global Content.WALTHAM, Mass. -- Idiom(R) Technologies, Inc. (Idiom), the leading independent provider of scalable software solutions for accelerating and optimizing globalization globalization Process by which the experience of everyday life, marked by the diffusion of commodities and ideas, is becoming standardized around the world. Factors that have contributed to globalization include increasingly sophisticated communications and transportation initiatives, today announced it will lead two educational sessions at the DITA 2006 Conference being held March 23-25, 2006 at the McKimmon Conference Center in Raleigh, NC. Presented by Bright Path Solutions and co-sponsored by the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS), DITA 2006 is the first annual gathering of Darwin Information Typing Architecture The Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) is an XML-based architecture for authoring, producing, and delivering technical information. The name of the architecture can be explained as follows:
--"Case Study: Converting Unstructured Content to DITA XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. ," Thursday, March 23 at 4:45 p.m. One of the barriers to adopting XML as the source format for content is the problem of converting legacy data. In this presentation, Idiom technical writer Willie Williams This article is about an executed murderer. For other uses, see Willie Williams (disambiguation). William James Williams, Jr. (November 9, 1956 – October 25, 2005) was a murderer executed by lethal injection in the U.S. state of Ohio. will provide a step-by-step case study on how to complete a legacy content conversion project by moving the Idiom WorldServer(TM) documentation set from unstructured FrameMaker to DITA XML. --"Using DITA to Expedite Global Publishing," Friday, March 24 at 4:45 p.m. Today, major global companies are merging automated publishing and advanced globalization techniques to perform "continuous translations" - ongoing translations of smaller topic-oriented content units as they are completed. In this presentation, Idiom globalization evangelist evangelist (ĭvăn`jəlĭst) [Gr.,=Gospel], title given to saints Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. The four evangelists are often symbolized respectively by a man, a lion, an ox, and an eagle, on the basis of Rev. 4.6–10. Bill Rabkin will address how global organizations can apply the power of DITA to the global content lifecycle in order to improve their competitive standing on an international scale. With real-world examples, he will demonstrate the strategic gains organizations can make by managing translation and localization Customizing software and documentation for a particular country. It includes the translation of menus and messages into the native spoken language as well as changes in the user interface to accommodate different alphabets and culture. See internationalization and l10n. as an integral component of content authoring and delivery. For more information on the event or these presentations, please visit http://www.travelthepath.com/conf/ About Idiom Technologies, Inc. Idiom(R) Technologies optimizes the globalization supply chain by aligning global enterprises, language service providers and translators. Award-winning WorldServer(TM) software solutions expand market reach and accelerate multilingual mul·ti·lin·gual adj. 1. Of, including, or expressed in several languages: a multilingual dictionary. 2. communication with a proven platform for automating translation and localization processes. Idiom works with global organizations including Adobe, Autodesk, Continental Airlines, eBay, Mattel and Travelocity to cost-effectively translate global websites and applications, streamline software localization and delivery, and speed time-to-market for international product documentation. Idiom also partners with consulting firms Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a , systems integrators and technology vendors to help customers achieve high-quality results and maximize existing enterprise infrastructure. Idiom is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts One of the early centers of the Industrial Revolution in northern America, Waltham is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 59,226 at the 2000 census. , with offices throughout North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and in Europe. To learn more please visit http://www.idiominc.com or call +1 781-464-6000. Idiom and WorldServer are trademarks, or registered trademarks of Idiom Technologies, Inc. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders. |
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