GET TIPS FOR CONVERTING LEGACY CONTENT TO DITA IN UPCOMING FREE WEBINAR

Partners Vasont Systems and Data Conversion Laboratory team up to provide data conversion advice for better component content management

Emigsville, PA, May 12, 2009 — Vasont Systems, a leading provider of content management software and data services, today announced the date of its next free webinar in the Vasont Webinar Series, “Digital Alchemy: Turning Unstructured Content Into Gold (or at least something useful),” presented by Don Bridges of Data Conversion Laboratory and Bill Gamboa of Vasont Systems. The webinar will take place on May 20, 2009 at 1:00 pm ET/10:00 am PT.

Many DITA systems don’t leverage legacy content because it’s considered too painful and/or too expensive to bring older unstructured content to the structured requirements of the DITA system. Even though the legacy content is technically sound and has application for years to come. The presentation will show what can and what can’t be reasonably done at a minimal expense to impart structure where there wasn’t any before. The tips and techniques discussed can be implemented as part of in-house or outsourced migration efforts as business drivers dictate. We'll also look at issues that should be resolved for clean content loading into a content management system.

Beyond migration, the presentation will also show how reuse can be evaluated on a micro and macro level to build a solid ROI story for funding an XML system.

Who should attend:
- Managers and leaders of technical publications
- Writers and editors

Bill Gamboa joined Vasont Systems in 2008 as Applications Engineer and has discovered the Company offers a “great product, great job, and great people.” He previously was a CMS Administrator for Siemens Automations and Postal Division; CMS Consultant for US Navy Combat Systems Operating Sequencing Systems; Director of Content Management at Axentis, LLC Compliance Data Management; and Sr. Consultant and Training Manager at Interleaf, Inc. He enjoys helping organizations be more proficient with their content and helping them realize that their content is an asset.

Don manages commercial projects at Data Conversion Laboratory. He leads DCL's effort for technical documentation projects across a broad range of industries (Aerospace, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Software, Telecom, etc.). He is a frequent conference speaker and has written several articles on the business aspects of XML implementations. He is an engineering graduate of LSU and calls Albuquerque, NM home.

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