Mark is a technical consultant at parson and supports clients from the software industry regarding authoring tools and publishing solutions. DITA, DocBook, and other document type definitions are part of his daily routine. Due to his experience as a technical communicator, he knows XML-based authoring firsthand. Mark has been an acting member of the iiRDS working groups from the start and was head of working group Development for five years. Currently, he is member of the iiRDS working groups Development and Tools. As an iiRDS Ambassador he is participating in working groups of the Industrial Ontologies Foundry IOF.
Chatbots, generative AI, and large language models were still everywhere at this year’s tcworld conference. Alex Jitianu from our partner Syncro Soft talked about GenAI and the evolving domain of prompting. more...
The iiRDS Consortium has developed a plugin to support DITA content. The iiRDS package is easy to use and can be customized to meet your project’s needs. more...
iiRDS is becoming increasingly popular in the industry and is being continuously developed by the iiRDS working group Development. On November 10, 2023, the new version 1.2 of iiRDS was released. We summarize the most important new features for you. more...
The world of technical writing loves XML. Its document type definitions are the foundation of structured authoring. XML and the underlying schemas structure the content of our information products. The benefits are twofold. Content is consistently structured and easy to read. Authors have an easier time writing the content. The structure provides guidelines for authoring. more...