IT Consulting for Publishing:
XML , DITA,  DocBook,  S1000D,  
Component Content Management 



          We provide consulting to move your technical publications to DITA

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We design and implement technical publication processes for producing product and service documentation that can be published both to the web and in hardcopy.

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Consulting

WOLFF & Associates is a small, specialized consulting firm dedicated to providing your organization with the expertise needed for publishing success. Our services are utilized by Fortune 500 companies to create world-class publishing solutions. We serve as your personal Information Architects for technical publishing. Let us help you reduce the cost and improve the agility of your technical publications operations. By implementing best practices such as content reuse and automated desktop publishing, we can often help organizations reduce their cost of developing publications by as much as 70%. 

Our formal development process will guide you through every step of the complex transition from unstructured publications to reusable, topic-based structured documentation. Tap into the power of content publishing which enables a single source of content to be used to generate your manuals, web pages and service knowledge base pages. We utilize DITA (Darwin Information Typing Architecture), an XML vocabulary for structuring and labeling your information assets. DITA is an industry best practice for creating cost effective technical publications. Our repeatable methodology for design and implementation takes the guess work out of moving to structured information development.  We have the experience to help you select the best tools that address your business requirements, including desktop publishing applications and CCMS (Component Content Management System) technology. You need a partner that is strictly dedicated to your interests, providing you with the guidance required design your information architecture and to understand CCMS terminology and technology. Turn your organization into a publication powerhouse, one that supports your end users’ needs for highly effective content produced at minimal cost, and we can help.

Analyze

Through analysis WOLFF & Associates can integrate your business goals and customer information requirements with your content management system goals. WOLFF & Associates can align your system specifications, process definitions, content structure, and rendering processes to deliver high quality information that your customers can easily find and use.

  - Customer Analysis
  - Task Analysis
  - Metadata Analysis
  - Process Analysis
  - Tools Requirements Analysis

Design

Information Modeling and Process Design take the analysis to the next level. Applying structure to unstructured information can be quite a challenge. We develop documentation specifications that define the documentation strategy, and establish a structure for each document type you create. We design action oriented and use DITA to create topic based information assets that can easily be reused across products and delivery formats such as PDF and HTML.

  - Documentation Strategy
  - Information Modeling
  - Process and Role design
  - CCMS Application Selection

Implement

We do more than just tell you what to do. We help you implement your information model by developing Document Type Definitions, Stylesheets and working with vendors to implement tools. We build your program through a series of small successes, helping you pilot the new content development processes, test the scripts and the tools before your business puts valuable product lines at risk.

  - DTD Specialization
  - XSL Scripting
  - XSL-FO Scripting
  - Styler Scripting
  - CCMS Piloting 


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