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TRAINING: Vasont Systems Presents "Metadata - Driving Your Output" Webinar
with Guest Speaker Dr. Joann Hackos
Free Webinar will show how to maximize metadata use as part of an overall
content management strategy
Vasont Systems, a leading provider of content management software and data
services, today announced that Dr. JoAnn Hackos will be the guest speaker
for the "Metadata - Driving Your Output" webinar on March 31, 2005 at 1:00
pm ET. Bret Freeman from Vasont Systems will be the co-presenter.
Metadata is the engine behind a successful venture into content
management. Not only does it allow you to track the development of
content and manage workflow, but, more importantly, metadata drives the
development of output. This free webinar is designed to show how to best
utilize metadata as part of an overall content management strategy.
Dr. Hackos is President of Comtech Services, a content-management and
information-design firm, which she founded in 1978. She also directs the
Center for Information-Development Management (CIDM), and is the author of
Content Management for Dynamic Web Delivery, Managing Your Documentation
Projects, Standards for Online Communication, and User and Task Analysis
for Interface Design. For her part of the presentation, Dr. Hackos will
explain how to use scenario-based design techniques to derive
customer-focused metadata.
Bret Freeman, Sales Engineer for Vasont Systems, has more than ten years
of experience in the information management and publishing industry and
has delivered numerous presentations and training courses to various
groups in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. For his part
of the presentation, Freeman will show ways that metadata can be handled
in a content management system.
About Vasont Systems
Headquartered in Emigsville, Pennsylvania, Vasont Systems is a provider of
content management software and data services, backed by more than 50
years of experience in the information management and publishing industry.
Its Vasont content management system enables organizations to manage and
store their multilingual content once for multi-channel delivery. Fortune
1000 companies and organizations from industries including manufacturing,
technology, publishing, government, and healthcare use Vasont to manage
and produce multilingual technical documentation, product manuals, and
reference materials. www.vasont.com.
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TRAINING: Toronto - e-Content Institute/Rockley Group
Content Management Workshops
The Rockley Group Content Management Workshop Series Comes To Toronto
Produced in partnership with The Rockley Group, this series of four
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content management. Take all four workshops and receive a certificate in
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Toronto Content Management Workshop Series Dates
Content Management Jumpstart
April 28, 2005, National Club, Toronto
Sponsored by Vasont Systems
Information Architecture for Content Management
June 7-8, 2005, National Club, Toronto
Sponsored by Arbortext
Content Modeling and Structured Writing
September 7 -8, 2005, National Club, Toronto
Sponsored by Arbortext
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