XML publishing in Alfresco with Componize

Nolwenn KerzrehoTrials & Technical

Frank ShipleyChief Technical Officer

www.componize.com

Componize XML CMS is an end-to-end open system for authoring, managing, and publishing business-critical information

Overview

a) Introduction to DITAb) Demonstrationc) Questions and answers

Show you how easy it can be to edit and manage XML content with Componize for Alfresco

• Privately held software company founded in 2008• Diverse range of clients – Fortune 500 and Nasdaq 100• 19 official partners – Users on 3 continents

What is DITA

An XML-based architecture for authoring, producing, and delivering content that can be reused and single-sourced in many ways.

DITA originally developed by IBMAn OASIS standard since 2005 - now version 1.2

OASIS membersThe Boeing Company, Nokia, NXP, The US Department of Defense…

stands for…

Darwin– Extensible through specialization and can evolve over

time

Information Typing– Types of information that answer different questions:

• What is…? (concept), How to…? (task)

Architecture– Topics are the basic unit of content and reuse– Maps organize topics into structured collections

Topic-based, single source…

Topics

R

TC

Map Outputs

Topic, block, term reuse

OutputsTopics Map

TEXT

Container

Conditional publishing

OutputsTopics Map

Biologist info

Exclude Biologist info

Why use DITA

Improve quality and accuracyDeliver content in more output formatsAchieve a faster time to marketReduce costsIncrease flexibility and reactivity to changing demands

Who is using DITA

Alfresco – online & print help and trainingAMD – product guides, engineering materialsKaplan – manuals and online training materialSAP Education – SCORM training and print manuals … and many more!

http://dita.xml.org/book/list-of-organizations-using-ditahttp://www.ditawriter.com/companies-using-dita/

The “Garden” project

Encyclopedia for gardeners and biologists• Summer chapter complete (Jane)• Spring chapter incomplete (Nolwenn + Alfred)• Autumn chapter in MS Word!

Tasks1- Migrate Autumn chapter to DITA2- Add Iris description3- Review Snowdrop description

Resources…Pipeline to chunk MS Word filesContainer with reusable content + Images+ Templates

What we saw…

Creating, authoring, and reviewing– Create new DITA XML topics– Edit maps and topics– Review a topic

Managing and updating– Add, control metadata & links– Control, check versions– Import/export content

Publishing– Multi-channel publishing– Conditional publishing

What we didn’t get a chance to see

Content collaboration and workflowsSecurity and permissionsMetadata synchronizationXPath and advanced search

Summary

An out-of-the-box solution combining best of Enterprise Content Management, Alfresco leading embedded XML editor powerful CCM capabilities of Componize,

Seamlessly integrated into a secure, collaborative environment.

Making XML and DITA easy!

Thank you!Q/A Session@componize

15-day trial/contact uswww.componize.com

Nolwenn KerzrehoPresales Consultant

Frank ShipleyChief Technical Officer