Arbortext XML Authoring Bootcamp

This TWO-DAY training session will be highly interactive and engaging. It is designed to be hands-on using standard, out-of-the-box Arbortext Editor/Styler. All training is done through hands-on exercises to increase adoption and solidify learning. A Certificate of Completion will be given.

Tentative Agenda:

Day One - Single Sourcing/Panel  9:30am - 4:00 pm

  • Training on authoring with Arbortext EDITOR - Hands-on Training with Arbortext Editor where you will be authoring in Arbortext Editor while learning techniques for authoring in MIL-STD 40051 and DITA. These same techniques would work with S1000D, and custom architecture.
  • ARMY PANEL DISCUSSION - 40051

Day Two - Panel/PTC/Customer Case Study 9:30am - 4:00 pm

  • ARMY DISCUSSION - IADS - Demo and Q&A
  • ILLUSTRATIONS - PTC
  • 40051 in Styler
  • Leveraging Digital Thread for Documentation Management

Lunch and beverages included. Please bring your laptop with the ability to access the internet, along with your charger. Participants will connect through a standard web browser to access a virtual desktop that already has the software installed.

What You Will Learn:

  • Structured data (history, industry standards, benefits, SGML vs XML)
  • XML core concepts (how it works, what it looks like)
  • XML Changes (separation of content and formatting, content management, shared authoring)
  • Structures (declaration, elements, text, attributes, comments, processing instructions, namespaces)
  • Well-formed XML (valid vs well-formed, start/end tags, parent/child relationships)
  • Doctypes (schemas, DTDs, supporting multiple doctypes)
  • Content management, file sharing (workflows, check in/check out, file locking, best practices)
  • Stylesheets (basics, supporting multiple stylesheets, output options)
  • Authoring tools
  • Writer roles and responsibilities
  • Content reuse/profiling (basic concepts, application and gotchas)
  • Navigating XML
  • XML workflow
  • Preparing your content (schema/DTD, elements/attributes, content)
  • Storing your content (content management basics)
  • Styling your content (raw content though 1+ stylesheet)
  • Creating your output (different stylesheets for different outputs)
  • Arbortext Editor-specific tasks
  • Creating a new file
  • Inserting elements
  • Modifying attributes
  • Inserting graphics and tables

UAH Sponsor: Professor Ryan Weber, College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences

Available Sessions

No public sessions are currently scheduled.