The June 2006 Membership Meeting
Date:
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Times:
6:00 p.m. Networking
6:30 p.m. Dinner
7:15 p.m. Announcements
7:30 p.m. Presentation
9:30 p.m. End
Location:
Topic:
Shattuck Plaza Hotel, 2086 Allston Way, Berkeley, California
One topic at a time: writing books, help, and websites in DITA XML
The Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) is an XML-based, end-to-end architecture for authoring, producing, and delivering readable information as discrete, typed topics. Topics can be used in print, in help systems, and on the Web. DITA has seen primary initial adoption for technical communication. The standard is advanced through an open process by the OASIS DITA Technical Committee, a group that encourages new participation from developers and users.
Erik’s presentation will give a high level overview of the basic principles of DITA and how to produce deliverables from DITA content.
To research the topic before the meeting, there is a ten-page white paper from IBM.
Speaker:
Erik Hennum is a member of the OASIS DITA Technical Committee and an
Information Strategist for IBM Systems and Technologies Group. For IBM and
Informix, he has worked on Information Architecture as well as design and
processing of XML and SGML documents. For DITA, he helped shape the
principles of domain specialization. He has spoken about DITA at the Society
for Technical Communication, the Writers UA conference, the Content
Management Strategies Conference, the OASIS Symposium, the Extreme XML
conference, the Semantic Technologies Conference, and elsewhere.
Reservations:
Continuing in June, 2006 we will meet in the Town Room (on the second floor) of the
Shattuck Plaza Hotel in Berkeley, CA.
If you have a suggestion for a meeting topic you'd like to hear more
about or if you'd like to be a presenter, send an email to
Joe Devney, Acting VP of Programs.
Note: If you do not reserve dinner in advance, dinner may or may not be available on a walk-in basis. We order dinner for the number of reservations plus a few walk-ins.
NOTE ONE: Non-members are always welcome to STC meetings.
NOTE TWO: All members of the San Francisco Chapter of the IABC are welcome to register for Berkeley STC General Meetings at the member price.
If you wish to pay by cash or check, send email to that effect to treasurer@stc-berkeley.org, and then bring payment to the meeting.
If you wish to pay be credit card, please reserve using our online storefront.
Interested in becoming a member?
*Attendees are
encouraged to announce open positions. Please bring job
listings for distribution. Recruiters may introduce
themselves, but may not describe open positions in detail.
Save that for one-on-one after the program.
The Shattuck Plaza Hotel is located at 2086 Allston Way in downtown
Berkeley, immediately west of Shattuck Ave. We meet in the Towne Room
on the second floor.
Erik Hennum, Advisory Software Engineer, IBM Corporation
Reservations must be received by noon on the Friday prior to
the meeting. On-line reservations are available on May 11, 2006.
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The Berkeley chapter meets the second Wednesday of the month.
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Location and Directions
Shattuck Plaza Hotel
2086 Allston Way
Berkeley, CA
The Shattuck Plaza Hotel in Downtown Berkeley, just off of Shattuck
The hotel is within walking distance from the Berkeley BART station; meter parking on the street is free after 6:00 p.m.
The Shattuck Plaza Hotel Lobby
Directions to the Shattuck Plaza Hotel
By BART:
- Emerge from the Berkeley BART station.
- Walk south on Shattuck one block.
- Turn right on Allston.
- The Shattuck Plaza Hotel is on the left.
By car:
- Metered parking on the street is free after 6:00 p.m.
From north of Berkeley: I-880 south and get off at the University Avenue exit. Follow University east to Shattuck and turn right. Allston is three blocks south of University, and the Shattuck Plaza Hotel is on the South side of the street.
From south of Oakland: SOUTH: Take I-880 north to downtown Oakland, and then bear right onto I-980. Take the Martin Luther King exit and bear left to merge onto Martin Luther King Way. Turn right onto Adeline just past the sharp curve. Adeline will merge into Shattuck Avenue. Turn left on Allston and the hotel will be on the left side of Allston.
From San Francisco: Take the Bay Bridge towards Oakland (I-80 East). At the end of the bridge, take I-80 east towards Berkeley. Get off at the University Avenue exit. Follow University east to Shattuck and turn right. Allston is three blocks south of University, and the Shattuck Plaza Hotel is on the South side of the street.
From far East Bay:
Take Highway 24 West through the Caldecott Tunnel. Exit at Highway 13 north towards Berkeley. Turn right on
Shattuck Avenue. Turn left on Allston and the hotel will be on the left side of Allston.
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