Information Mapping to DITA by Mike Austin

Mike will speak on his experience with Information Mapping and his experiences in driving use of IM as the structured content methodology at Freescale as they move into DITA-based, single-sourcing and content reuse. This meeting will also be available as a webinar.

Presentation

You can find a copy of Mike's presentation here.

Speaker bio

Mike Austin has worked as an information developer in the computer hardware, software, and semiconductor industries for 22 years. He first encountered Information Mapping at a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute technical writing seminar in the early 1990s and began applying the principles as much as possible within the traditional technical writing environments he encountered through the rest of that decade. It was not until 2003, working with Mark Nixon at StarCore, that he was allowed and actually encouraged to apply the Information Mapping method in a rigorous way. Now, at Freescale Semiconductor and again working with Mark Nixon, he is an information architect driving structured content development with the Information Mapping method as Freescale makes the transition from traditional unstructured content to a DITA-based production system.

Schedule

Tuesday, October 13, 2009
6:00 - 6:30 PM CDT: Networking
6:30 - 7:30 PM CDT: Program on location and online (see below for online registration information)
7:30 - 7:45 PM CDT: Announcements and chapter business
8:00 - 9:00 PM CDT: Networking dinner - Brick Oven at 12th and Red River

Meeting location

University of Texas Campus, corner of Dean Keeton and San Jacinto
ECJ (Ernest Cockrell Junior) building
Building sign says Civil Architectural and Environmental Engineering
10th Floor, Distinguished Graduates' Conference Room

Free parking after 5:45 pm in faculty lot, east side of ECJ
For parking information, see http://www.utexas.edu/parking/maps/ 

Webinar

If you can't attend the meeting in person, sign up for the webinar. For more information, see https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/800485498

After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.