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NEWSLETTER | November 2024 STRUCTURING DATA AND CONTENT SINCE 1981
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Ensuring Content Discoverability: How DCL's Discovery Bridge Supports Now Publishers
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In a crowded publishing landscape, smaller publishers can struggle to capture the attention of abstracting and indexing (A&I) databases. This challenge makes it difficult for them to ensure that content structures, packaging, and metadata are not only accepted across various platforms but also fully optimized for maximum discoverability. Now Publishers needed a targeted strategy to enhance the discoverability of its content, aiming to drive more library subscriptions to its journals.
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DITA Conversion: DIY vs Outsource
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Once an organization has determined that DITA XML is the appropriate structure and best approach for managing content, the next decision is “How to get there?”. Often organizations spend more resources vetting tools and various workflows than determining how content is transformed into DITA. Different vendors tout different approaches, making it a challenge to determine what is most cost effective and produces the best results. At LavaCon 2024 DCL engaged in a lively debate on this topic. Have a listen and let us know which approach meets your business requirements, budget, and strategic goals.
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RAG Resources: What We're Reading to Power Smarter Content Solutions
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DCL developers curated a selection of insightful articles and resources that provide a general overview AND delve deeper into RAG technology and the role structured content plays in ensuring accurate, efficient, and reliable interactions with LLMs. If you're looking to understand basic concepts around RAG, vector embeddings, and LLMs this is a great list to get started.
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Comic Sans and the History of the World's Most Hated Font
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A new book explores how Comic Sans became a hated font. Whether you hate it, hate it more than Papyrus, or simply judge people who use it, there's no denying Comic Sans has a great story to tell. The new book Comic Sans: The Biography of a Typeface dives into the quirky history of the world's most divisive font and its unexpected cultural impact. From Papyrus to Helvetica, discover how fonts shape our perception of design, language, and even identity. Whether you are a typography nerd or font-curious, this is a must-read!
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KMWorld 2024 - November 18 to 21 | Washington, DC
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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. |
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Prepare Your Content Today for Generative AI Tomorrow
Artificial intelligence (AI) is quickly becoming an essential business capability for any large enterprise. The main challenge most organizations must solve is incorporating proprietary enterprise content — your intellectual property — into AI solutions. General-purpose AI models don’t know your business content and your IT and security teams are working hard to keep it that way. Companies need AI solutions that are able to share information pertinent to their business.
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How To Pick The Right DITA Authoring Tool for Your Projects
Managing and delivering content effectively across platforms can be challenging, but DITA authoring tools make it easier. These specialized tools use DITA XML to structure content, streamline workflows, and ensure consistency, making them indispensable for content creators and technical writers. Whether you’re looking to enhance your documentation efficiency or improve collaboration, choosing the right DITA authoring tool is critical. This article will guide you through the top considerations to keep in mind as you evaluate DITA XML tools, helping you find the perfect fit for your content strategy.
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Silverchair Acquires ScholarOne, Engages Publishers with Acquisition Resources
On October 28, 2024, Silverchair announced the acquisition of ScholarOne Manuscripts and ScholarOne Conferences. This new combined offering sets Silverchair apart in the industry as an independent and client-led technology partner to scholarly publishers. With this acquisition, Silverchair will be uniquely capable of helping publishers solve their greatest content and technology challenges. Silverchair has built an online resource providing additional information and FAQs, which will grow and evolve over the coming months as they engage with their community.
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Converting Content to NLM XML for PubMed Central
Before there was JATS 1.4 for journal articles, the standard was the NLM DTD. DCL has long specialized in the conversion of documents to the PubMed Central Journal Article Tag Suite (JATS) specification. Back in 2013, the JATS specification included NLM XML for journals and Bookshelf XML for book content. DCL continues to provide the same top-shelf service as standards evolve.
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