XDocs DITA CCMS implementation
A clear route to your content solution
Bluestream works with your team to define a content strategy and information model, then configure XDocs DITA CCMS around your requirements. Choose the services your project needs.
Plan your implementationThe delivery roadmap
Build the foundations. Then put them to work.
Information architecture
Define your content model
Build a detailed DITA model around the content, metadata and use cases you need. Review the element-and-attribute specification with the writing team.
Content strategy
Agree how the work will happen
Develop the strategy with your key people. Define how content is created, reviewed, managed and delivered, including governance as requirements evolve.
Plugin development
Design the outputs your readers need
Create customized DITA Open Toolkit publishing plugins for required outputs such as PDF, HTML and content delivery systems.
Content conversion
Prepare your existing content
Convert source material to the agreed information model, including any DTD specializations, while preserving useful metadata and structure.
System configuration
Configure the connected solution
Apply the approved strategy and architecture to authoring, folders, branches, metadata, review, localization, publishing and content delivery as required.
Custom training
Build capability inside your team
Use hands-on, customer-specific training and a train-the-trainer approach. Learning aids can include checklists, recordings and the strategy and architecture reports.
Services are scoped to your requirements; Bluestream can provide any or all of these.
Questions, answered
Planning your implementation
Do we need every service?
No. Depending on your requirements, Bluestream can provide any or all of the services in its solutions process. The scope is agreed for your project.
What comes out of the strategy work?
The process includes a content strategy report and a detailed information architecture spreadsheet, reviewed with your writing team.
Is training specific to our configuration?
Yes. Bluestream describes hands-on, customer-specific training and exercises, using a train-the-trainer approach to support ongoing configuration and maintenance.
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Let’s plan your
XDocs implementation
Tell us about your content, current tools and implementation goals.