Monthly Archives: September 2009

Seven tips for better XML data quality

September 24, 2009 – 11:42 am

Data is at the heart of every online publishing application. Ensuring that data is accurately and comprehensively marked up is the key to providing a good online experience for those searching and viewing your content.
The following is a small collection of tips for making sure your XML data is in tip-top condition.

By Steve Mallen | Posted in Project Management, Technology | Post a comment | 0 comments

Online publishing and e-learning: divided by a common language?

September 21, 2009 – 8:46 am

What’s an LMS? Depends who you ask. If I’m talking to my online publishing friends it’s a Library Management System, but my e-learning friends think it’s something different altogether. Similar, but different. You can’t help noticing that people who work in closely related digital industries don’t seem to swap notes much before generating new TLA’s [...]

By John Helmer | Posted in e-learning | Post a comment | 2 comments

Focusing your online publishing business case

September 7, 2009 – 1:14 pm

Generating a solid business case and maintaining it throughout a project’s life-cycle is no mean feat. Daily challenges – such as getting the most from a limited budget, operating within tight deadlines and dealing with the competing demands and priorities of multiple stakeholders – can result in goal posts moving, scope creeping and deadlines slipping. [...]

By Andrew Grimes | Posted in Online Publishing Market, Project Management, Publishing business models | Post a comment | 1 comment

Web accessibility for online publishing sites

September 3, 2009 – 3:01 pm

What exactly do we mean by ‘accessibility’? It’s not easy to define, since the term can cover many areas and aspects of a resource or product. But when it comes to web sites, “web accessibility means that people with disabilities can use the web”.  (definition courtesy of the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative). Simple as that. [...]

By Nik Afentoulis | Posted in Information Architecture, Technology | Post a comment | 2 comments

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