Bangalore Technical Writers Meetup (STC India) Follow Up
Monday, October 1st, 2007The Bangalore Technical Writers Meetup, supported by STC India, was held at Continuous Computing on September 29, 2007. Over 25 people from various companies- ranging from Huawei to Infosys -attended. There were two sessions: ”Programming Concepts for Writers on C++” by Rajeev Jain of Zilog and “Introduction to Structured Writing and Structured FrameMaker” by Makarand Pandit of Technowrites.
Rajeev Jain started his presentation by stating “Concepts are important, not language.” He then explained the basics of C++, concentrating on the API/ SDK documentation. He also provided an API template, which is the first step towards API Reference Guide documentation. The training material is available at the following link: http://techwriter.meetup.com/2/files
Makarand Pandit covered “Structured Writing & Structured FrameMaker.” Mak provided a demonstration of Adobe FrameMaker 8.0. He explained what Element Definition Document (EDD) and Document Type Definition (DTD) are, and he showed how to edit an EDD, importing a DTD, and all the other tricks that will come handy to the naïve user of FrameMaker 8.0. Pandit was asked questions on all the recent developments in Information Development field. One such question was on DITA. He then explained, in brief, what DITA is and how it has evolved over the years.
You can view the photos of the meetup by clicking the following URL: http://techwriter.meetup.com/2/photos/?photoAlbumId=225090 (requires sign up).
Report submitted by Rajdeep Gupta
