The Tale of the Structured Closet: How Structured Content Can Save You Time & Money
What you will learn:
* The differences between unstructured writing and structured writing
* How to organize structured content
* What a taxonomy is and how to use it
* How structured content separates text from format
* How translation works in a structured environment
About the Presenter:
Val Swisher, CEO, Content Rules
Val Swisher is the Founder and CEO of Content Rules, Inc. Val enjoys helping companies solve complex content problems. She is a well-known expert in content strategy, structured authoring, global content, content development, and terminology management. Val believes content should be easy to read, cost-effective to create and translate, and efficient to manage. Her customers include industry giants such as Google, Cisco, Visa, Facebook, Roche, and IBM. Her fourth book, “The Personalization Paradox: Why Companies Fail (and How to Succeed) at Creating Personalized Experiences at Scale,” was published in 2021 by XML Press.
Val is on the Advisory Board for the Technical Communications Program at the University of North Texas. When not working with customers or students, Val can be found sitting behind her sewing machine working on her latest quilt. She also makes a mean hummus.