Innovation trends and opportunities structured content management for reinventing educational publishing1. Atlanta • Perth • Florence • Milan • Rome • Sestri Levante
Innovation Trends and
Opportunities: structured content
management for re-inventing
educational publishing
Fabrizio Giorgini
R&D Head
eXact learning solutions
f.giorgini@exactls.com
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2. The Need:
Complex & Global Product, Plant & Process
Design, Documentation & Delivery Today
Design Documentation Delivery
Oil & Gas Automotive
Contemporary
Manufacturing & Construction
Engineering
Pharma
Avionics
3. The Need:
Complex & Global Product, Plant & Process
Design, Documentation & Delivery Today
Design Delivery
6. The Need:
15 years of Technical Documentation & Training
From single source/multiple output... ... to cloud-based cross-sourcing
Multiple Output Channels
Multiple Input Sources
W.B.T.
Single Source
Repository
Mobile Learning
The Enterprise Content iPad Learning
Galaxy
Product Training Documentation
I.L.T.
Virtual Learning
Worlds
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7. The Need:
15 years of Technical Documentation & Training
Enterprise Content Interchange
From single source/multiple output... Standards ... to cloud-based cross-sourcing
Product (ormats
Protocols
Documentation
Multiple Output Channels
Taxonomies
Multiple Input Sources
...
W.B.T.
Single Source
Repository
Support
Documentation Mobile Learning
The Enterprise Content iPad Learning
Galaxy Product Training Documentation
Marketing
Documentation
I.L.T.
Virtual Learning
Worlds
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8. The Solution
The Limits of XML Content Standards Today
SCORM
Learning Items
Packaging & Sequencing
DOCBOOK
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9. The Solution
The Limits of XML Content Standards Today
SCORM
Learning Items
Packaging & Sequencing
?
DOCBOOK Metadata
?
?
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10. The Solution
The Limits of XML Content Standards Today
SCORM Docbook
Learning Items Document Sections
Packaging & Sequencing Structuring & Publishing
DOCBOOK
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11. The Solution
The Limits of XML Content Standards Today
SCORM Docbook
Learning Items Document Sections
Packaging & Sequencing Structuring & Publishing
•Hard to separate form from content
DOCBOOK •Difficult to componentize and categorise information
•Long to develop bulky proprietary XML schemas and
XSLT transforms
•Difficult to share “standard” schemas across and
between organisations
•No standard architecture for object orientation,
dynamic linking and mash ups on shared content
To date XML centric content publishing
strategies have been:
•Expensive to implement
•Difficult to maintain
•Hard to adopt
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13. The Solution untill today:
Bottom Up Learning Objects Assembly
Raw Assets
Repositories
Xml Xml
Schemas Stylesheets
+
=
Instructor Led Training
Printed materials eLearning
mLearningeXact learning solutions © 2012
14. The Solution from today: DITA - The Genesis of DITA
December 2010: DITA 1.2.
August 2007: DITA 1.1.
June 2005: DITA 1.0
15. The Solution 2/3
Bottom Up Learning Objects Assembly
Structured Typed Linked
?
DITA
TOPIC
A DITA topic is a titled unit of information that can be understood in isolation and
used in multiple contexts. It should be short enough to address a single subject or
answer a single question but long enough to make sense on its own and be authored
as a self-contained unit
Multi Dimensional Contextual Specialised
DITA
Map
A DITA map is a documents that organize topics and other resources into structured
collections of information. DITA maps specify hierarchy and the relationships among
the topics; they also provide the context in which keys are defined and resolved
DITA
Rendering
Processes
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16. The Solution 2/3
Bottom Up Learning Objects Assembly
3 Main PLUSES of DITA LT
1. LO structuring
2. Dynamic Linking
3. Specialization
3 Main MINUSES of DITA LT
1. Still Limited learning structures
2. No tracking/sequencing
support
3. No abstract architecture
(Open Toolkit Syndrome)