Hello Adepters,
Since PTC/User 2007 I have been keeping a list of topics various Adepters
suggested they would like to see presented or to present themselves at
PTC/User 2008. The groupings are mine and I hope they do not detract from
the original suggestions.
*Business/Process Case Studies:*
Converting to Arbortext Content Manager from ____
Deployment of any Arbortext feature/module (especially new ones like DMP)
Deployment of charset/language _______
Developing a Comprehensive Information Model
Enterprise Implementations
Enterprise-wide buy-in to XML/content management
Release Management of custom applications (Ant builds, for example)
Scripting data conversions and rehab (including non-Arbortext tools like
perl/regex/textpad/etc.)
Switching from WYSIWYG to Structured/XML authoring
*
Technical:*
ACL basics
ACL for NON-programmers
ACL tips & tricks
DITA Specialization in Editor
Datamerge
FOSI coding (especially savetext/usetext, counters, and stuff like that)
Indexes
MathML Anything
PDF: Building the best possible with Arbortext
Profiling
Single-sourcing DTDs and stylesheets
Styler
The Joy of TeX, or Hacking the guts of Print Composer/PE
XUI and Edit Window enhancements
XUI and Java
*Custom Applications:
*CMS/Arbortext Integration (esp. when no adapter exists)
Change Tracking (to print/review, dtd elements, script proprietary code from
source XML)
Link Management
Publishing Engine (PE) applications
Web Applications
If my light editing has altered your suggestion significantly, don't
hesitate to re-clarify. Also, if you don't understand what a suggestion
means, don't hesitate to ask. At a minimum, I'll tell you what I think it
means! Hopefully the original suggester will answer any questions, too. Of
course, if there is a topic you would like to learn more about or present
yourself that is NOT on this list, please share it with us.
Next week I will turn the "final" list into a poll so Adepters can "vote"
for the topics most interesting to them. That way, anyone considering
presenting (and having a full room on presentation day 😉 will have a way to
gauge the interest in a particular topic.
There are some past AUGI - PTC/User presenters and attendees (you would
recognize most of them from their helpful posts here on Adepters) who are
eager to help potential presenters select and refine a topic, prepare an
abstract/application, and review the presentation itself. Further, we are
planning an Arbortext presenter's after-hours get-together first thing at
the conference so presenters will be sure to see some friendly and familiar
faces on their presentation day!
We have a lot of other ideas, not specifically related to presentations,
about enriching the Arbortext-specific attendee's conference experience but
not enough time or bodies to do everything. Anyone wanting to help out or
share new ideas is welcome! Send an e-mail to me personally or through
Adepters. Whatever you're comfortable with.
Finally, although the thought of presenting can be daunting (whether or not
you've done it before), it is extremely rewarding and I encourage you to
dive in and not look back! I have no regrets about my first presentation two
years ago and look forward to presenting again!
--
Paul Nagai
