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Intelligent content and Flare

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Denise Kadilak
Denise Kadilak

This document discusses intelligent content and how it can be used in Flare. Intelligent content is modular, structured, reusable content that is format-free and semantically rich. It has advantages like reduced production time and costs through content reuse across different outputs. In Flare, intelligent content uses features like condition tags, CSS, master pages, variables, and snippets to enable modular and reusable content that can be assembled and formatted in different ways. Global project linking and runtime merging allow for granular content reuse in Flare. Intelligent content aligns with the concept of "Documentation 4.0" for technical documentation.

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PRESENTED BY Intelligent Content and Flare Denise Kadilak
? Information Architect/Team Manager ? 20 years experience ? 8 + years working in Flare ? 4th year presenting at MadWorld ? Part-time college instructor ? Blog Writing with a Flare About me
? What is a Intelligent Content ? Key Features ? Advantages ? Disadvantages ? How it works in Flare ? Why important Agenda
? In very broad terms ¨C Intelligent content is designed to be modular, structured, reusable, format free, and semantically rich and, as a consequence, discoverable, reconfigurable, and adaptable Anne Rockley, Intelligent Content: A Primer What is Intelligent Content
? Content that is not limited ¨C Serves a variety of purposes ? Help ? Support ? Training ? Professional Services ? Marketing What is Intelligent Content
? Content that is not limited ¨C Delivers in several outputs ? Online ? Print ? Word What is Intelligent Content
? Key Feature ¨C Modular ¨C Structured ¨C Reusable ¨C Format-free ¨C Semantically rich What is Intelligent Content
? Designed for reuse ¨C Not a traditional document ? Creating documents one at a time ¨C A bunch of separate content components ¨C These are assembled into documents ¨C Flexible ? Shared across product lines ? Shared across departments Modular
? Consistent ? Efficient ? Agile ¨C reuse to satisfy a variety of content needs ¨C Write content once and reuse many times ¨C ºÝºÝߣ decks, white papers, reports, ¨C Satisfy cross-departmental needs ¨C Reduced translation costs Modular - Advantages
? XML most common format ? Allows you to classify content ? Readable by humans and machines Structured
? Semantic structure tag (kinda Metadata) ¨C Styles ¨C Conditions ? Faster production ? Template driven Structured - Advantages
? Reuse existing modular content to create new content ? Text is most common but can be applied to most media ? Not cut-and-pastes Reusable
? Reduces content-creation time ? Eliminates duplicate content ? Consistent content Reusable - Advantages
? Formatting lives outside of the content (css) Format-free
? Easily switch out formats ? One set of content can be reused in a variety of channels ¨C Print ¨C Mobile ¨C phones, tablets ¨C Web ? Agile ? Efficient Format-free - Advantages
? Includes machine-readable information (metadata) ? Label or attribute applied to content ¨C Product? ¨C Language? ¨C Role? Semantically Rich
? Customized content ? Improve findability ? Decrease translation costs Semantically Rich - Advantages
? Lack or context ¨C but not really ? Extra time to plan and produce ? Difficult environment in which to work ? Content management ? Advanced technologies ? Steep learning curve Hurdles
? Increasing demands on our content ? Agile development process ¨C Rapid iteration ¨C Incremental change ? Global markets But Worth the Challenge
? Organizational silos are (or should be) crumbling ? Technologies are there but we¡¯re stuck in an aging paradigm But Worth the Challenge
? What is this? ¨C Related to the ¡°Industry 4.0¡± concept ? 4th Industrial Revolution ? Automated Manufacturing ? Transformation from products to services ? Smart production lines ¨C Building with semi-autonomous components ¨C When added or changed, the whole production line/product automatically adapts to new configuration Relationship to ¡°Documentation 4.0¡±
? Counterintuitive to deliver technical documentation in ¨C Monolithic document formats ¨C Lacking structural information ¨C Metadata ? Information needs to become ¡°Intelligent¡± ¨C Content modularized in self-contained topics ¨C Enriched with classifying metadata. Relationship to ¡°Documentation 4.0¡±
? Not a new or revolutionary concept ? Been around and practiced for several years ? Mostly in an effort to create cost-effective content ? But now, in context of Industry 4.0, it is becoming mandatory Relationship to ¡°Documentation 4.0¡±
? Almost forces you to create intelligent content ¨C Modular ¨C Structured ¨C Reuseable ¨C Format-free ¨C Semantically Rich Flare Meets the Challenge
? Source files or Masters ? For reuse: ¨C Condition tags ¨C CSS ¨C Master Page/Page Layouts ¨C Variables ¨C Snippets ¨C TOCS ¨C Targets Flare ¨C the Process (Basics)
? Global Project Linking ¨C Granular reuse ¨C CMS (sort of¡­) ? Run-time merge Flare ¨C the Process (Advanced)
The End
? Intelligent Content: A Primer ? Technical Documentation 4.0 ? Semantically Rich Data Resources ¨C Intelligent Content
? Topic-based authoring ? Topic-based and Structured Authoring Made Simple in Flare ? Content Reuse in MadCap Flare ? Flare Global Project Linking Guide ? Flare Run-time Merge Resources ¨C Intelligent Content
My contact information: ? Denise.kadilak@Blackbaud.com Questions?

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Intelligent content and Flare

  • 1. PRESENTED BY Intelligent Content and Flare Denise Kadilak
  • 2. ? Information Architect/Team Manager ? 20 years experience ? 8 + years working in Flare ? 4th year presenting at MadWorld ? Part-time college instructor ? Blog Writing with a Flare About me
  • 3. ? What is a Intelligent Content ? Key Features ? Advantages ? Disadvantages ? How it works in Flare ? Why important Agenda
  • 4. ? In very broad terms ¨C Intelligent content is designed to be modular, structured, reusable, format free, and semantically rich and, as a consequence, discoverable, reconfigurable, and adaptable Anne Rockley, Intelligent Content: A Primer What is Intelligent Content
  • 5. ? Content that is not limited ¨C Serves a variety of purposes ? Help ? Support ? Training ? Professional Services ? Marketing What is Intelligent Content
  • 6. ? Content that is not limited ¨C Delivers in several outputs ? Online ? Print ? Word What is Intelligent Content
  • 7. ? Key Feature ¨C Modular ¨C Structured ¨C Reusable ¨C Format-free ¨C Semantically rich What is Intelligent Content
  • 8. ? Designed for reuse ¨C Not a traditional document ? Creating documents one at a time ¨C A bunch of separate content components ¨C These are assembled into documents ¨C Flexible ? Shared across product lines ? Shared across departments Modular
  • 9. ? Consistent ? Efficient ? Agile ¨C reuse to satisfy a variety of content needs ¨C Write content once and reuse many times ¨C ºÝºÝߣ decks, white papers, reports, ¨C Satisfy cross-departmental needs ¨C Reduced translation costs Modular - Advantages
  • 10. ? XML most common format ? Allows you to classify content ? Readable by humans and machines Structured
  • 11. ? Semantic structure tag (kinda Metadata) ¨C Styles ¨C Conditions ? Faster production ? Template driven Structured - Advantages
  • 12. ? Reuse existing modular content to create new content ? Text is most common but can be applied to most media ? Not cut-and-pastes Reusable
  • 13. ? Reduces content-creation time ? Eliminates duplicate content ? Consistent content Reusable - Advantages
  • 14. ? Formatting lives outside of the content (css) Format-free
  • 15. ? Easily switch out formats ? One set of content can be reused in a variety of channels ¨C Print ¨C Mobile ¨C phones, tablets ¨C Web ? Agile ? Efficient Format-free - Advantages
  • 16. ? Includes machine-readable information (metadata) ? Label or attribute applied to content ¨C Product? ¨C Language? ¨C Role? Semantically Rich
  • 17. ? Customized content ? Improve findability ? Decrease translation costs Semantically Rich - Advantages
  • 18. ? Lack or context ¨C but not really ? Extra time to plan and produce ? Difficult environment in which to work ? Content management ? Advanced technologies ? Steep learning curve Hurdles
  • 19. ? Increasing demands on our content ? Agile development process ¨C Rapid iteration ¨C Incremental change ? Global markets But Worth the Challenge
  • 20. ? Organizational silos are (or should be) crumbling ? Technologies are there but we¡¯re stuck in an aging paradigm But Worth the Challenge
  • 21. ? What is this? ¨C Related to the ¡°Industry 4.0¡± concept ? 4th Industrial Revolution ? Automated Manufacturing ? Transformation from products to services ? Smart production lines ¨C Building with semi-autonomous components ¨C When added or changed, the whole production line/product automatically adapts to new configuration Relationship to ¡°Documentation 4.0¡±
  • 22. ? Counterintuitive to deliver technical documentation in ¨C Monolithic document formats ¨C Lacking structural information ¨C Metadata ? Information needs to become ¡°Intelligent¡± ¨C Content modularized in self-contained topics ¨C Enriched with classifying metadata. Relationship to ¡°Documentation 4.0¡±
  • 23. ? Not a new or revolutionary concept ? Been around and practiced for several years ? Mostly in an effort to create cost-effective content ? But now, in context of Industry 4.0, it is becoming mandatory Relationship to ¡°Documentation 4.0¡±
  • 24. ? Almost forces you to create intelligent content ¨C Modular ¨C Structured ¨C Reuseable ¨C Format-free ¨C Semantically Rich Flare Meets the Challenge
  • 25. ? Source files or Masters ? For reuse: ¨C Condition tags ¨C CSS ¨C Master Page/Page Layouts ¨C Variables ¨C Snippets ¨C TOCS ¨C Targets Flare ¨C the Process (Basics)
  • 26. ? Global Project Linking ¨C Granular reuse ¨C CMS (sort of¡­) ? Run-time merge Flare ¨C the Process (Advanced)
  • 28. ? Intelligent Content: A Primer ? Technical Documentation 4.0 ? Semantically Rich Data Resources ¨C Intelligent Content
  • 29. ? Topic-based authoring ? Topic-based and Structured Authoring Made Simple in Flare ? Content Reuse in MadCap Flare ? Flare Global Project Linking Guide ? Flare Run-time Merge Resources ¨C Intelligent Content
  • 30. My contact information: ? Denise.kadilak@Blackbaud.com Questions?

Editor's Notes

  • #22: While this advanced machine-to-machine communication is already in production, the digital manuals for these components are static and not able to adapt to changes.
  • #23: While this advanced machine-to-machine communication is already in production, the digital manuals for these components are static and not able to adapt to changes.
  • #24: While this advanced machine-to-machine communication is already in production, the digital manuals for these components are static and not able to adapt to changes.