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Astoria Software Highlights Advantages of DITA Information Standard for Manufacturers

DITA 2007—West Attendees to Learn How to Reduce Costs and Speed Time to Market with Technical Product Documentation

SAN MATEO, Calif. - February 5, 2007 - Driving efficiencies in dynamic publishing, Astoria Software will highlight how Forbes Global 2000 manufacturers can leverage the Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) standard to achieve a higher return on investment (ROI) with technical product documentation at the DITA 2007-West Conference, February 5 - 7, 2007 at the Doubletree Hotel in San Jose, California.

DITA is an information standard established by OASIS, a non-profit consortium that creates global standards for e-business and structured content. By supporting this standard, Astoria enables customers to establish a common information model that maximizes content reuse and content interoperability where documentation published by one manufacturer can be readily incorporated into that of another manufacturer, a channel partner, or an approved third party.

As a platinum sponsor at DITA 2007-West, Astoria will demonstrate:

• How technical writers can easily edit and manage documentation within a DITA-based environment by managing content as individual components or "topics"
• How subject matter experts can review content "topics" with a Web-based workflow tool
• How technical publishing managers can compose and publish DITA "topics" into deliverables, such as online help or PDFs from Astoria's Web-hosted content management system

"Working closely with the OASIS DITA Technical Committee has put Astoria at the forefront of DITA standard development, particularly as it relates to today's product documentation challenges," said Dan Ortega, vice president of marketing for Astoria Software. "Supporting the DITA standard has been a longstanding priority for us, and we are committed to helping manufacturers in fiercely competitive markets find opportunities to reduce the cost and time needed to update and publish technical information in a continually changing environment."

Showing further support for DITA, Astoria also sponsored and participated in a DITA Boot Camp Workshop last week led by Dr. JoAnn Hackos, who is both president of Comtech Services, a content-management and information-design firm, and director of The Center for Information-Development Management (CIDM). The Workshop covered DITA basics to expert-level topics.

For more information on DITA 2007-West, please visit http://www.travelthepath.com/dita2007/dita2007.shtml. For more information on Astoria Software, please visit www.astoriasoftware.com.

About Astoria Software

Astoria Software drives efficiencies in dynamic product documentation with on-demand delivery of structured content management. NCR/Teradata, Texas Instruments and other Forbes Global 2000 manufacturers rely on Astoria to meet rigorous market demands - increasing product volumes, accelerating time-to-market, and concurrent global customization. Astoria reduces documentation costs up to 90% and compresses product launch cycles from months to weeks. Astoria Software is based in San Mateo, California. For more information, visit www.astoriasoftware.com.

Related Links

DITA 2007-West
http://www.travelthepath.com/dita2007/dita2007.shtml

OASIS
http://www.oasis-open.org/home/index.php

OASIS Darwin Information Typing Architecture
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=dita

DITA Boot Camp Workshop
http://www.comtech-serv.com/workshops/ditabootcamp.shtml

Dr. JoAnn Hackos Biography
http://www.comtech-serv.com/workshops/instructors.shtml#joann

Comtech
http://www.comtech-serv.com/index.shtml

The Center for Information-Development Management (CIDM)
http://www.infomanagementcenter.com/

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