Re: xmetal and dita training classes: necessary?

[Yves Barbion <yves -dot- barbion -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Hi David

I have already taught several DITA classes and my experience is that my
students find it harder to learn all about DITA (principles of
topic-oriented authoring, content units, content model, conref, ditaval...)
than to learn how to use the tool.

In my DITA classes, I teach my students how to create a prototype DITAmap,
using their content and the DITA-FMx plug-in for FrameMaker and/or XMetaL. I
also teach these classes over the Web, using skype (audio) and Acrobat.com.

If you're interested, feel free to contact me off-list.

Best regards


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On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 4:00 PM, Handy, David <dhandy -at- informatica -dot- com> wrote:

> Hi all -
> I'm also very keen to hear of anyone's experiences learning xmetal - is
> a formal training course necessary? Is training in DITA necessary, if
> that's the standard you want to follow?
>
> In our group, one of us has Docbook expertise and the other is a
> lifelong Frame user. Our options are to buy formal training or to hit
> the books and figure it out for ourselves. We're in Dublin, Ireland, and
> keen to hear about courses in this neighbourhood (or the UK).
>
> All feedback much appeciated -
> Thanks,
> dh
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