Mekon offer training courses that provide a more detailed guide to how to use and configure your DITA/XML environment. Fundamentals of DITA Open Toolkit 2.X 2-day course This course is an accessible, insightful introduction to the DITA Open Toolkit for people maintaining stylesheets and for technically-minded team leaders. Course Overview: This course is intended for […]

Read the results of the Information Management Survey 2018 conducted by The Semantic Web Company, Mekon and Enterprise Knowledge.  The professional field of information management experts is very heterogeneous: Different educational and experience backgrounds of data and knowledge management experts, various generations of information professionals and the diverse demands of rapidly changing industries make it tricky to evaluate a […]

The start of the New Year is an ideal time to assess your training needs. DITA/XML is a standard that enables authors to deliver the benefits of using structured content.  Mekon have courses that will help you understand the business benefits of authoring in DITA, as well as training authors to use DITA tools to […]

Here at Mekon we have decades of real-word experience in the tools and technologies we train on.  Here are some top hints and tips to help you make the best use of your training experience: 1.  Do any pre-work Many training programs include work to complete before attending the first session.  This will really help to […]

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Christmas cake “It’s so comforting to have a small piece of cake. Just one slice”, Mary Berry But which Christmas cake is worth its weight? Christmas wouldn’t be complete without a Christmas cake. A traditional Christmas cake is loaded with a combination of raisins, currants, sultanas, cherries, orange zest, and nuts. For those who make […]

The good news is that for those of you who were unable to attend, or who wish to revisit the presentations; the slides are now available to view online, including the two from Julian Murfitt and Joe Pairman. Building Catwalks Between Silos: Using Taxonomy to Drive Engagement from Content Marketing to Product Docs Presented by Joe […]

Welcome to the Information Management Survey 2017/2018 – we want to have your opinion. All about Taxonomies and Ontologies  Your views are important to us. We want to evaluate the status quo of today’s information management and how information professionals contribute to robust and highly agile enterprise information architectures. This survey will take approximately 10 minutes. […]

Don’t miss Joe presenting on Day 3 of Adobe DITA World 2017 (12 October): October 12, 2017, at 14:00 pm Pacific Time Joe combines expert judgment of technical approaches with a primary focus on the human users and collaborative interactions that underlie any successful information management project involving technology. Just recently, Joe was awarded as […]

Joe is an active member of the content community and is regularly invited to speak at industry events.  When he learned that he had been recognised for his industry expertise he said he was “honored to see my name next to those I’ve followed and learned from for years“. The panel of 4 judges comprised […]