[TriLUG] docbook, technical writing and the STC

[burnett at pobox.com]

On Tue, 28 May 2002, rpjday wrote:

>   for those interested in technical writing, there is an organization
> called the society for technical communication (www.stc.org).  i'm
> wondering if their mandate extends to things like docbook, xml and
> the like.
>
>   based on their web page, there is a local chapter at nc state, 
> but the web link results in a broken page.

Looking at 

http://www.pobox.com/~burnett/triangle/groups.html

The most relevant group in the area for docbook and XML-related 
topics would probably be the Triangle XML group (website's slightly 
outdated but should be updated shortly). 

http://www.trixml.org/

You're right about the NCSU page (or I assume you're looking at this URL):

http://www.ncsu.edu/stud_orgs/stc/

I've dropped a note to their faculty advisor (it's the only contact email 
I can find for the group) suggesting they fix their .css definitions. 

However, there's a North Carolina-wide, not just NCSU-based, STC chapter 
at 

http://www.stc-carolina.org/

I believe portions of the STC (it's a large organization, after all) are 
indeed interested in topics along these lines.

Local SIGs (special interest groups) relevant would probably be the Online 
Communication SIG and the Framemaker Users' Network (the new Framemaker 
7.0 has pretty good support for XML. Yes, I'm still annoyed Adobe dropped 
their Linux port). 

http://www.stc-carolina.org/www/PICs/online/OnHome2.shtml

http://www.stc-carolina.org/www/PICs/frame/index.html

best,
Steve Burnett
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