Lately, there has been an interesting discussion about whether technical communicators shall consider organizational centric tasks and/or product centric tasks when writing end user assistance. The discussions are found here http://idratherbewriting.com/2011/12/26/using-tags-to-increase-findability/#comments and http://everypageispageone.com/2012/01/09/are-docs-a-responsibility-or-a-business-asset/. I will clarify my view in this blog post, but first some words about the process change taking place in our domain.

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Have you lost control over which topic versions belongs to which product releases? Is the same type of information floating around in many different topics in the CMS? If the answer is yes, this is the blog post for you, since it suggest a solution, based on almost 15 years of modular documentation experience, for effective release management.

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Only one week to go for NLDITA Winter, December 15th in Utrecht. If you did not yet register, know that it's still possible. But don't wait to long! 

DITA to XLIFF roundtrip tool
At NLDITA Winter Elliot Nedas and Boris Horner will present in a cooperative presentation the official release and world wide announcement of Bryan Schnabels DITA XLIFF Roundtrip Tool for DITA OT.

This happening will be celebrated with original Dutch Cake! Don't miss it!

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Have you reflected on what type of information you include in a manual? Meaning, for whom are you designing and writing? Your manual(s) contains certain type of information, but who needs the information, when, to do what? This blog post tries to sort it all out. Read it to find out what type of technical communicator you are.

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It is time to conclude on the purpose of my blog. What am I trying to say? What do I want to accomplish? What benefits will my blog bring to my readers? Well, read this blog post to find out.

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