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NEWSLETTER | May 2024

STRUCTURING DATA AND CONTENT SINCE 1981

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The Role of Structured Content in RAG

Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) is a technique that allows LLMs to incorporate external information from a corpus of documents during the text generation process. By augmenting the model's knowledge with relevant information from a curated set of sources, RAG can potentially improve the accuracy, timeliness, and factual grounding of LLM output. At its core, RAG is a form of prompt engineering, where the prompt fed to the LLM is carefully crafted to include relevant context from external sources. This context can take various forms, such as excerpts from documents, structured content/data, or even the output of other LLMs or systems.

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AI A to Z: A Primer on AI Applications in Scholarly Publishing

The 2024 edition of Silverchair’s annual spring webinar series focuses on the experiments, applications, and best practices around AI in scholarly and professional publishing. All industries toss acronyms around and it's challenging to keep up. AI has now thrown in a slew of new acronyms—LLM, NLP, NER, BERT, RAG. This recorded webinar spells out the terms and reviews the primary flavors of AI offerings with examples of how they are being applied or could be applied to the scholarly publishing industry. DCL's system architect Rich Dominelli lends his expertise and helps make sense of this alphabet soup.

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S1000D Conversion and Sustainable Data Management

A comprehensive approach to data conversion and management goes beyond the simple act of converting content from one standard or format to another. Instead, it focuses on sustaining data integrity and accessibility. Expertise in data tagging, metadata enrichment, and content structuring ensures that data remains accurate, accessible, and secure over time. DCL boasts two leading experts in the S1000D specification: Naveh Greenberg and Chuck Davis. Both have been instrumental in spearheading numerous S1000D projects with defense departments and major aviation organizations. We ensure that data remains not only accurate but also fortified against the challenges posed by time and technological advancements.

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A Tale of Technical Debt

Technical debt is a serious issue and you might be surprised to learn how pervasive it is in the systems around us. The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, which runs the city's Muni Metro light rail, has software that runs off of 5.25" floppy disks. The floppy disks have been part of the Muni Metro's Automatic Train Control System (ATCS) since 1998 and they will continue to be in use until 2030! The disks are required to load software that runs its central servers. Additionally ATCS must employ programmers who are experts in the programming languages of the 1990s in order to keep the current system running. Addressing technical debt is essential for maintaining the financial health, sustainability, and competitiveness of an organization.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

DCL partners with many global organizations that complement our services and offer a complete workflow solution to our customers. Following are some recent highlights from DCL's Partnership Laboratory.

The Role of an Information Architect in a DITA Implementation
Are you adopting or have you recently adopted the Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA)? Do you understand your role in the process? Regardless of the size of your organization or the scope of your project, a committed information architect is invaluable in the process. This article by Amber Swope delves in to the particulars of why and how information architecture (IA) plays a critical role in every DITA implementation. Learn about the difference between management and delivery IA, the relationship between DITA and IA, and how to get started with the DITA Maturity Model.

Powin builds tech publications with the support of the Paligo CCMS

Powin is a leading provider of grid-scale renewal storage solutions, revolutionizing the way energy is generated, transmitted, and distributed worldwide. Powin leadership wanted a clean, well-organized, and accessible component content management system that their employees, customers and other authorized users could easily access, and their thorough search eventually led them to Paligo. This customer story describes how Powin's Tech Pubs team migrated over 150 documents to Paligo, from two-page work instructions to 150-page manuals, and what their future plans with Paligo are.

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WhP International joins LanguageWire

WhP International is pleased to announce that it has joined global language and technology leader LanguageWire, which is renowned for its state-of-the-art technology and the highest data security standards in the industry. With the power of LanguageWire’s leading technology, people, and culture, WhP looks forward to enhancing its offerings to partners and customers. WhP teams pride themselves on delivering high-quality services, especially within the realm of DITA and eLearning. By joining forces with LanguageWire, WhP will be able to strengthen its position in these segments of expertise.

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Did SGML Fail or Simply Come to a Natural End?


In June of 2004 it seemed that in many industries SGML was on life support. At the time, DCL had a number of inquiries on XML and whether moving from SGML to XML was merited. From a popular FAQ page, Mike Gross answers the question "Why did SGML fail?"

"XML has gotten support, because, among other reasons, it is easier to get started with. You can often get started without designing DTDs or worrying about some of the other upfront requirements of SGML. XML is sometimes described as a starter kit for SGML because it is so much easier to master. However, to get the same benefits that SGML can deliver, a DTD and other trappings will eventually be needed (especially for complex documentation)."


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