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Vol. 11, Issue 5 - January 2010
Conversion Cost Myths; Disaster Preparedness; Ellen Perlman Joins DCL

Vol. 11, Issue 4 - November 2009
FrameMaker Conversion; Crowdsourcing; Bedbugs in the Library; S1000D Buzz

Vol. 11, Issue 3 - September 2009
XML Alternatives, Accessible Archives, New NLM Services, and Documents That Defend Themselves

Vol. 11, Issue 2 - July 2009
When Less is More; the Joys of Eliminating Duplicate Content: The J.J. Keller Experience, Part 2; Is XML Always the Answer? Keeping Down your Document Conversion Costs, Part 2

Vol. 11, Issue 1 - May 2009
How J.J. Keller Struck Gold with its New XML Repository; Keeping Down your Document Conversion Costs

Vol. 10, Issue 9 - December 2008
How our DITA Conversion Saved us 100 Grand, for Starters - Part II; Making the Case for XQuery

Vol. 10, Issue 8 - September 2008
How our DITA Conversion Saved us 100 Grand, for Starters; A Case Study in DITA for Globalization & Localization

Vol. 10, Issue 7 - Summer 2008
Wyeth Pharmaceuticals & XML;
Beyond compliance to smarter, faster,
higher-quality document publishing

Vol. 10, Issue 6 - June 2008
Structured Writing - it Liberates the Soul
(and Makes for Good DITA)
DocBook to DITA Conversion Automation - Improving the Yield?

Vol. 10, Issue 5 - May 2008
Striving for Success in DITA Conversion - A Quick Reference
Content Sharing at Redback - Lessons Learned

Vol. 10, Issue 4 - April 2008
How to Rewrite Content for Reuse: Part II
DocBook versus DITA: Will the Real Standard Please Stand Up?

Vol. 10, Issue 3 - March 2008
XML is Golden, XML is the Only Solution, and Other Debatable XML Assumptions
How to Rewrite Content for Reuse: Part I

Vol. 10, Issue 2 - February 2008
The Dawning of the Age of Content-and why Content Convergence Matters
Improving Your Legacy Content with Content Tagging

Vol. 10, Issue 1 - January 2008
Why DITA? An Interview with Bob Doyle
Some Personal Observations on Electronic Medical Records (EMR)

Vol. 9, Issue 9 - December 2007
How the Irish Government Tricked 6,500 Workers into Using XML, Without Their Knowing It
Making Friends with Your DITA-Unfriendly Documents

Vol. 9, Issue 8 - November 2007
Is XML a Prerequisite to a Content Management System (CMS)?; A Point-Counterpoint Discussion
Fully Automated Legacy Conversions to XML, and other Urban Myths: An Interview with Michael Gross, DCL's CTO

Vol. 9, Issue 7 - October 2007
S1000D: Six MORE Reasons to Consider It for Your TechDocs

Vol. 9, Issue 6 - September 2007
Cooking up CMS Success: Emma Hamer on the Human Side of Content Management System Implementation
Everything you Wanted to Know About DITA (Part II)

Vol. 9, Issue 5 - July 2007
Interview: Ann Rockley & Steve Manning on XML, DITA Conversions, and Dynamic Personalized Content: (Part 2)
What Fast Food Managers Have and Tech Pub Managers Need

Vol. 9, Issue 4 - June 2007
DITA-izing Your Documents: Five Issues to Think About When Converting Your Legacy Publications to DITA
Ann Rockley & Steve Manning on XML, DITA Conversions, and Dynamic Personalized Content: An Interview

Vol. 9, Issue 3 - May 2007
Digitized History & Unsolved Mysteries; A Woman's Search for her Grandfather and a New Use for 19th Century Glacier Photos
JoAnn Hackos on Moving Legacy Documentation into DITA: An Interview

Vol. 9, Issue 2 - March 2007
Hawaiian Homestead Technology Centers Cultivate Social Return on Investment Using 21st Century Tech to Preserve Ancient Ways (Part 4),
If These Walls Could Talk: Unlocking the Interoperability of SCORM, S1000D, and DITA,
New Survey Indicates Reuse Top Priority

Vol. 9, Issue 1 - February 2007
Component Content Management: Overlooked By Analysts; Required By Technical Publications Departments,
Using 21st Century Tech to Preserve Ancient Ways (Part 3): High Tech in Klawock, Alaska,
DITA Writing Survey: Lack of Standards among Authors is Serious Issue

Vol. 8, Issue 3 - November 2006
Using 21st Century Tech to Preserve Ancient Ways (Part 2), When to Wiki, When to Blog - Is either ready for your business?

Vol. 8, Issue 2 - September 2006
Using 21st Century Tech to Preserve Ancient Ways (Part 1), S1000D or DITA - Which One Works for Me?; And Is Either One Ready for Prime Time

Vol. 8, Issue 1 - March 2006
Content management vs. the brain drain headache, Using Effectivity to meet the single-source publishing challenge

Vol. 7, Issue 11 - November 2005
Open Access debate still rages, After the storm

Vol. 7, Issue 9 - September 2005
What's the big deal - just cut and paste? No more PDF: XML-based drug-labeling becoming FDA requirement

Vol. 7, Issue 6 - June 2005
S1000D standard takes flight as fighters and airliners join forces, Navy ditches paper overboard

Vol. 7, Issue 5 - May 2005
S1000D - Five Reasons Why, Fueling up your content management system

Vol. 7, Issue 4 - April 2005
S1000D's cost saving potential grabs Pentagon's attention, Meeting the FDA’s SPL Requirements

Vol. 7, Issue 3 - March 2005
XML-based SPL drug labeling standard makes for safer medication, Tele-maintenance for Army Apaches and Chinooks

Vol. 7, Issue 2.5 - February 2005
Content reuse - a major factor in assessing ROI for content management (part 2) , Weeding out wasted words saves money and lives

Vol. 7, Issue 2 - February 2005
Content reuse - a key factor in assessing ROI for content management (part 1) , XML file format levels educational playing field for visually impaired

Vol. 7, Issue 1 - January 2005
U.S. Army gives paperwork an honorable discharge , Scientific literature: Who should pay - author or subscriber?

Vol. 6, Issue 11 - December 2004
New S1000D specification fuels content reuse and IETMs, Content reuse slashes costs of Standard Operation Procedures (SOPs)

Vol. 6, Issue 10 - October 2004
S1000D standard to revolutionize content reuse in defense documentation, STM open access interviews: Pros and cons speak out

Vol. 6, Issue 9 - September 2004
STM Publishing & Open Access, Content Management Exits Kindergarten

Vol. 6, Issue 8 - August 2004
7.5 Secrets For Managing XML Migration

Vol. 6, Issue 7 - July 2004
Documents Pulped By Bulldozer - XML To The Rescue!

Vol. 6, Issue 6 - June 2004
Content Reuse - The Unseen Revolution

Vol. 6, Issue 5 - May 2004
Air Force mechanics don wearable computers

Vol. 6, Issue 4 - April 2004
ATMs for healthcare

Vol. 6, Issue 3 - March 2004
Flight manuals go digital, converting from SGML to XML

Vol. 6, Issue 2 - Feb 2004
XML Drives The Humvee - When Word-To-XML Conversions Get Nasty

Vol. 6, Issue 1 - Jan 2004
Content re-use, the killer app - Converting to XML, seven bad things that might happen

Vol. 5, Issue 12 - Dec 2003
Cessna Takes XML To The Skies - XML Tables: Top 10 Challenges & Pitfalls

Vol. 5, Issue 11 - Nov 2003
Chaucer's Pilgrimage Into Cyberspace - Converting From PDF To XML & MS Word: Avoiding The Pitfalls, Part Two

Vol. 5, Issue 10 - Oct 2003
E-Books Alive & Well, Living Under An Assumed Name! - Converting From PDF To XML & MS Word: Avoiding The Pitfalls, Part One

Vol. 5, Issue 9 - Sept 2003
DCLab.com Becoming Accessible To Print Disabled - GPS And Digital Maps Reveal The Way For Warfighters, Farmers, And The Sightless

Vol. 5, Issue 7 - July 2003
Technology Returns Gutenberg Bible To The Masses - Braille Readers Of Harry Potter Beef Up Their Biceps

Vol. 5, Issue 6 - June 2003
Going Digital After 1300 Years - Fighter Pilot Heads Up Technology For Honda Mechanics

Vol. 5, Issue 5 - May 2003
Leveling The Textbook Playing Field For The Print Disabled - Keeping A Pilot's Maps Up-to-date Is No Simple Matter

Vol. 5, Issue 4 - April 2003
XML Revives Rare Botanical Books - Shedding Those Excess Bytes

Vol. 5, Issue 3 - March 2003
Up Against Giants - Columbia Guide To Digital Publishing Practises What It Preaches

Vol. 5, Issue 2 - February 2003
Public Relations Students Prefer Internet Over Textbook - Harness The Power Of Intellectual Capital

Vol. 5, Issue 1 - January 2003
Technical documents go online at Continental Airlines - Adobe PDF searcheable image

Vol. 4, Issue 12 - December 2002
New survey shows data conversion projects moving forward in tough economy - Tell me again, why should I care about XML?

Vol. 4, Issue 11 - November 2002
Columbia Guide To Digital Publishing - Why MathML adds value to STM Publishing

Vol. 4, Issue 10 - October 2002
XML changes lives of print-disabled - Why STM publishers should use XML

Vol. 4, Issue 9 - September 2002
Digital record of vanishing people - Invasion of the cyborg IETMs

Vol. 4, Issue 8 - August 2002
Who in their right mind wouldn't want XML? - Free content or not?

Vol. 4, Issue 7 - July 2002
XML is king - Robots tend library stacks

Vol. 4, Issue 6 - June 2002
Power of XML - Aircraft maintenance wings onto the web

Vol. 4, Issue 5 - May 2002
XML angel - DOD & XML

Vol. 4, Issue 4 - April 2002
E-reference revolution - Next weave of the web

Vol. 4, Issue 3 - March 2002
Tech docs down the oil well - Knowledge economy

Vol. 4, Issue 2 - Febrary 2002
Pens go digital - Enron can't shred electrons

Vol. 4, Issue 1 - January 2002
BMJ online - Sophisticated logistics underpin U.S. military might

Vol. 3, Issue 11 - December 2001
Slingshots & microchips - Potterisms & Cyberisms

Vol. 3, Issue 10 - November 2001
Computers replace humans to rate essays - Columbia University Press compiling guide to digital publishing

Vol. 3, Issue 9 - October 2001
Tanks slim down with smart armor & IETMs - Web could damage children's ability to learn

Vol. 3, Issue 8 - September 2001
E-Book era here despite gloom - Simple tech solution makes life easier for needy

Vol. 3, Issue 7 - August 14th 2001

Vol. 3, Issue 6 - July 10th 2001

Vol. 3, Issue 5 - June 6th 2001

Vol. 3, Issue 4 - April 24th 2001

Vol. 3, Issue 3 - March 27th 2001

Vol. 3, Issue 2 - Febuary 13th 2001

Vol. 3, Issue 1 - January 15th 2001

Vol. 2, Issue 8 - December 12th 2000

Vol. 2, Issue 7 - November 15th 2000

Vol. 2, Issue 6 - October 3rd 2000

Vol. 2, Issue 5 - August 1st 2000

Vol.2, Issue 4 - June 21st 2000

Vol.2, Issue 3 - May 17th 2000

Vol.2, Issue 2 - March 28th 2000

Vol.2, Issue 1 - Feb. 9th 2000

Vol.1, Issue 2 - Dec. 13th 1999

Vol.1, Issue 1 - Nov. 30th 1999