TY - GEN
T1 - Component content management
T2 - 2018 IEEE International Professional Communication Conference, ProComm 2018
AU - Cleary, Yvonne
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 IEEE.
PY - 2018/9/28
Y1 - 2018/9/28
N2 - Component content management refers to skills and tools that enable content to be separated from structure, reconfigured, and reused. While such practices are common in industry, few supports exist for academics planning to introduce these concepts to academic programs. This paper describes the development and findings of a survey of technical communication practitioners and managers, to determine the extent to which component content management practices are used by alumni of one university that runs technical communication programs. The findings indicate that while traditional content development tools remain dominant, about half of respondents use component content management techniques. Respondents advise that academic programs need to focus on long-term skills, and prepare students to be adaptable in the workplace.
AB - Component content management refers to skills and tools that enable content to be separated from structure, reconfigured, and reused. While such practices are common in industry, few supports exist for academics planning to introduce these concepts to academic programs. This paper describes the development and findings of a survey of technical communication practitioners and managers, to determine the extent to which component content management practices are used by alumni of one university that runs technical communication programs. The findings indicate that while traditional content development tools remain dominant, about half of respondents use component content management techniques. Respondents advise that academic programs need to focus on long-term skills, and prepare students to be adaptable in the workplace.
KW - Component content management
KW - DITA
KW - survey
KW - teaching
KW - XML
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85055855323&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ProComm.2018.00017
DO - 10.1109/ProComm.2018.00017
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85055855323
T3 - IEEE International Professional Communication Conference
SP - 42
EP - 46
BT - Proceedings - 2018 IEEE International Professional Communication Conference, ProComm 2018
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 22 July 2018 through 25 July 2018
ER -