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MadCap Software Concepts:
Topic-based Authoring
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Multiple Source Publishing Limitations
Original DraftEmployee
Manual
Hourly Employee
Manual
Management Employee Manual
Management Manual London
Management Manual Paris
Hourly Manual London
Hourly Manual ParisX
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Concepts
Topic-based authoringFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Topic-based authoring is a modular content creation approach (popular in the technical publications and documentation arenas) that supports XML content reuse, content management, and makes the dynamic assembly of personalized information possible.
A topic is a discrete piece of content that is about a specific subject, has an identifiable purpose, and can stand alone (does not need to be presented in context for the end-user to make sense of the content). Topics are also reusable. They can, when constructed properly (without reliance on other content for its meaning), be reused in any context anywhere needed.
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Definitions
Topic-based authoringFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A topic is:• A discrete piece of content
• About a specific subject
• Has an identifiable purpose
• Can stand alone
Topics are reusable. They can be reused in any context anywhere needed.
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Remember – Think Topics
Printing Reports
Using Container Objects
Saving reports
Creating Reports
About Schedule
s
Adding Users
Setting Permissi
ons
Deleting Users
Placing Objects About
Objects
About Users
Exporting
Objects
About Contain
ment
Customizing
Objects
About Program
ming
Objects and
Inheritance
Editing Reports
Containing Objects
Relating Objects
Importing
Reports
Setting Schedul
es
About Reports
Project
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MadCap Software Concepts:
Single-source Publishing
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Single Sourcing: Work FlowCreate Master
Source Files(Content)
Add Conditional
Tags/Variables(Customize)
Define Publishing
Targets(Output)
Generate 3
different Outputs
Target – Enterprise Mobile• Include: Enterprise info• Exclude: Standard info
Print Info• Define other specific attributes
Target – Standard Print • Include: Standard info Print info• Exclude: Enterprise info• Define other specific attributes
Target – Standard Browser Help • Include: Standard info• Exclude: Enterprise info
Print Info• Define other specific attributes
Standard
Enterprise
Print Only
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MadCap Flare Workflow
Import
DITA
Microsoft Word
Adobe FrameMaker
HTML files
XHTML files
RoboHelp and other Help Projects
.CHM files
PublishPrint
PDFMicrosoft WordAdobe FrameMakerMicrosoft XPSMicrosoft DOCX
Web BrowserHTML5WebHelp
Mobile EPUBWebHelp Mobile (iPhone, Android, Windows Mobile, Blackberry)
Windows DesktopDotNet HelpHTML Help (.CHM)
OtherDITAXHTML Book
Create/Edit
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Modularity
TopicsTopicsTopicsTopics
Target(The rules that
make a document unique)
CSS(Content look/feel)
Page Template
TOC(Topic
Organization)
PublishingUI Template
(for Web)
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MadCap Flare
Live Demonstration
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MadCap Software• Founded: 2005
• Location: La Jolla, CA
• Profitable
• Double digit YOY growth
• MadCap is the leading technical communication software firm specializing in content development, delivery and management
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Industry Standard
• Largest Technical Writing Universities around the world now educate with MadCap Flare:
– Princeton University– San Francisco State University– Carnegie Mellon University– University of Washington– University of California San Francisco– University of Massachusetts– Karlsruhe University (Germany)– University of California Los Angeles– Towson University– Swinburne University (Australia) – And many more…
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Thousands of Customers Worldwide…
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Three Phases of Content
Source
Control
Source Content/ Topics
SharePoint
Review Content
SharePoint
Published Content
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Storage on Local Machine
Advantages• Best performance
• Files always available
Disadvantages
• Difficult to share common files (logos, style sheets, etc.)
• Back up plan needs to be defined
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Local Machine with Ext. ResourcesShared External Resources:• Flare projects on local machine
• Shared files/content on network
GraphicsGraphics TopicsTopics TemplatesTemplates
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Storage on the Network
Network / Intranet
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Storage in Source Control
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Production (Authoring and Review)
SourceControl
SharePoint / NetworkGraphicsGraphics Build
Machine
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Thank you
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• Top speed: 220 miles/hour• Annual budget: $470 Million Dollars• Staff: 500• Car designed/engineered by team
Formula 1 Racing
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• Top speed: 220 miles/hour• Annual budget: $15 Million Dollars• Staff: 25• Car purchased by team
Indy Car Racing
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Comparison
Formula 1• 20 x Larger Staff• 31 x More
Expensive• 1-2% Higher
Performance
Indy Car• Smaller Staff• Cost Effective• High Performance
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