Newsletter of the Society for Technical Communication, San Francisco Chapter
June/July 2007
| Newsletter of the Society for Technical Communication, San Francisco Chapter June/July 2007 |
The June meeting is on Wednesday, June 20, 2007, from 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm at the Elephant & Castle in San Francisco's financial district. For details about the location and instructions for purchasing tickets, visit www.stc-sf.org/stc-meetings.htm.
Wikis are great! But because Wiki Markup does not structure information as effectively as XML, reusing content and single sourcing can be difficult. The open-source, structured Wiki system TWiki takes important steps towards overcoming this obstacle, making adopting Wikis for technical communication more viable.
In this presentation, Phil Gochenour of CNET explores the basic functionality of TWiki and what makes it "structured." He discusses TWiki's benefits for collaboration and some plugins and variables that extend its functionality. Phil's presentation also includes a demo of a TWiki Wiki he developed at CNET.
Phil Gochenour, a technical communicator in the Project and Service Management and Documentation Group at CNET Networks, is directly responsible for developing and maintaining the internal CNET Networks TWiki system.
Phil holds a PhD in comparative literature, with a specialization in media studies, from Emory University. He has taught in the media studies program of the University of Virginia as a visiting assistant professor of digital media studies, and is the author of articles on online communities, systems theory, and the novels of Thomas Pynchon. Since 1999, Phil has been involved with online content development as a writer, editor, content strategist, and information architect.