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What is the Ultimate Goal of Dynamic Publishing?

As an information development professional, I get asked a lot of questions about new technologies; recently someone asked me, “What is dynamic publishing?” Dynamic publishing means different things to different people. It can mean downloading and printing a PDF on-demand, or searching through a document for a particular topic of interest. These two methods require [...]

Dynamic Publishing and Search. Do it wrong and it won’t be pretty.

Historically, search engines have either ignored or punished publishers of dynamic content. Ignorance is bliss. Back in the day, it was common for Google and the other search engines to skip over pages that were produced dynamically. So if your page included a Session ID number or “?” as part of its URL – your [...]

Publication Standards Part 2: The Fragmented Present

Nick Disabato continues his exploration of the need for content standards — and big changes — in the publishing industry. Actually, Nick’s advice and guidance isn’t limited to the publishing industry, but rather, his suggestions are relevant to all organizations that publish and deliver information to those who need it, when and where they need [...]

Publication Standards Part 1: The Fragmented Present

This is a great blog post by Nick Disabato on the need for standards and semantic markup, new roles and responsibilities, and big changes in the publishing industry. It’s a great roundup of some of the many issues facing publishing (people, processes, change and technology). Here’s a snippet: “There are key distinctions between ebook publishing’s [...]

Dynamic Semantic Publishing For Beginners (Part One)

“The 2010 World Cup was a notable first not only for Spain, but also for publishing and the BBC. This is because the BBC’s coverage of the tournament marked a dramatic evolution in the way content can be delivered online. This new system was labeled dynamic semantic publishing (DSP) by the team of architects–including Jem [...]