Presented by Joe Gollner at Documentation and Training West, May 6-9, 2008 in Vancouver, BC While most organizations would not want to admit it, their content currently exists in a state of disarray. In all too many cases, the legacy content is in such a state that it could become the subject of a prime-time television show provided someone could be found who would agree to mount such a large-scale renovation job. And however daunting the prospect might be, the movement of the marketplace for almost all industry sectors is such that these types of renovations are not only unavoidable they are often urgently needed.

1. Extreme Content Makeover:
Migrating Content to DITA Joe Gollner
Vice President
e-Publishing Solutions
Stilo International
jgollner@stilo.com
Copyright © Stilo International 2008

2. The Essence of Content Conversion
Got this! Want that!

3. Legacy C t t Edition
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4. Topics
The Growing Demand for High Quality Content
Challenges with Converting Content
Solution Patterns for
Converting Content
Conversion
Refactoring
Metadata
Linking
Li ki
Validation
Conclusions
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Key Lessons Learned