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Presentation audio and slide deck, A Technical Writer’s Role in Web 2.0: Wiki-fy Your Doc Set

If you want to learn more about wikis and writing, determine best practices from others who are implementing wikis, and get links to example wikis, this presentation is for you. I discuss community building and my own experiences as a participant on wiki platforms, plus offer practical advice for motivating contributions.

$95



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Building a DITA-Wiki Hybrid
April 2008 PDF article from STC Intercom

In this article co-authored by Lisa Dyer, Michael Priestly, and me, you can learn about theoretical and practical examples of merging DITA (Darwin Information Typing Architecture), a structured authoring methodology, and wiki’s freeform authoring and editing capabilities.

Free

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The “Quick Web” for Technical Documentation
September 2007 PDF article from STC Intercom
I wrote this article after researching how wikis were implemented for end-user documentation after an Agile co-worker continued to challenge me to find good examples of useful wikis. Though it is showing its “age,” the principles of how wikis are used for technical documentation still hold true, and this article became suggested reading for a technical writing course at Lehigh Carbon Community College. Free

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