Yes, We Can ─ Large-Scale Production with Project Maps
We have large documentation sets for our products that contain many outputs with linking between them, profiling, special rendering requirements and more. To allow a fast and efficient definition and production of the needed documentation output, we have introduced a project map.
Project maps are specialized DITA maps that allow us to define and produce large-scale documentation sets fast and efficiently. Here’s what we define in a project map:
Different outputs for a documentation set and their target delivery channels
Profiling and language settings for a specific output
Rendering and metadata settings for several outputs
You will see our project map editor that is integrated into our CMS. You will also see how we are handling peer links within documentation sets for large products with hundreds of outputs.
What can attendees expect to learn?
Brennecke & Leukert show how authors can define large output sets in a very efficient way to allow automatic production and publication of complete documentation sets. Learn how we defined a model for handling peer links within a documentation set to allow authors to create links within a documentation set easily and with low maintenance effort.
Meet the Presenter
Carsten Brennecke is Knowledge Architect in the central User Assistance Strategy & Services team at SAP since more than 15 years. He has a strong background and long-year experience in info architecture and coordination of large software documentation sets as well as in DITA-based documentation creation.
Sven Leukert, VP Knowledge Management at SAP, is responsible for the unit User Assistance Content Services & Infrastructure, providing expertise, consulting and operational services to various teams at SAP, focusing in particular on DITA-related infrastructure and processes. Sven gets personally involved in finding new and innovative ways of using DITA for creating more enjoyable user assistance for SAP’s products. He holds a PhD in mathematics and enjoys cooking and woodworking.