The offices of Stately STC Manor may be closed due to the impending Snowstorm of Dooom (the extra O stands for “Omigosh, we need milk and bread and TP!”), but Your Friendly Neighborhood Blogger is still on the job. At Read more
As many of you have already read, blogged about, and tweeted, the US Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its newest Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH) in December and, as STC announced was coming in April, “Technical Writer” has Read more
As many of you have already read, blogged about, and tweeted, the US Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its newest Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH) in December and, as STC announced was coming in April, “Technical Writer” has Read more
As part of STC’s memberships in the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) and Localization Industry Standards Association (LISA), STC has the opportunity to nominate experts to join the working group for the new Simplified English international standard. A new ISO Read more
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has introduced a new standard designed to make it easier to search for documents and information. The Simple Knowledge Organization System (SKOS) serves as a model for expressing basic structure and content of concepts Read more
Microsoft Internet Explorer developers recently offered feedback on the most recent draft of HTML version 5. Despite the fact that the entire Web is built from HTML, the belief that the industry should move toward HTML 5 is not unanimous. Read more
The OASIS Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) Technical Committee has created a new DITA Technical Communication Subcommittee. The subcommittee’s charter states that DITA was originally designed as an architecture for technical communication, but has evolved into a far greater solution Read more
EPUB, an XML format for reflowable text made from three open standards, is on its way to becoming an e-book industry standard. The standard, developed by the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF), is gaining support from publishers and technology firms, Read more