Knowledge base articles
Ten questions about iiRDS
Two founding members of the iiRDS Consortium explain the importance and potential of iiRDS and its integration at Endress+Hauser. An interview with Thomas Ziesing from Endress+Hauser and iiRDS consultant Ulrike Parson from parson. Interview: Susanne Lohmüller Read more
Choosing a Component Content Management System (CCMS). How to decide
A CCMS (Content Component Management System) organizes the modular content of technical documentation in a database. Usually, the content is stored in the XML format. Read more
DITA meets iiRDS – a new plugin for DITA-OT
The iiRDS Consortium has developed a plugin to support DITA content. The iiRDS package is easy to use and can be customized to meet your project’s needs. Read more
White paper “Artificial Intelligence in technical communication: application, opportunities, risks, and how it will change our profession”
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the world, including the world of technical communication. Never has it been so easy to automatically create or edit text and images with the help of generative AI such as ChatGPT. What does this mean for the field of technical communication and the technical writing community? What are the opportunities and risks? Read more
Publish DITA content at the click of a button: the DITA Open Toolkit
Do you write and publish technical documentation in DITA-XML? It sounds easy: At the click of a button, an XML authoring tool or a web application magically creates a PDF, HTML documentation or WebHelp. But is it really that simple? What happens under the hood? And what if you want to customize the output formats? The answer is the DITA Open Toolkit (DITA OT). Read more