How KONE leverages DITA XML in omnichannel delivery-best practices for content creation and delivery

Presentation
Intelligent Content Creation and Delivery

21. September
09:55 - 10:40 AM (CEST)
Scandium

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Hanna Heinonen
- KONE Corporation
Sirpa Ruokangas
- KONE IT

KONE creates technical information in DITA XML format and delivers the content to multiple delivery channels. The company’s focus areas in technical communication are effective content creation and translation processes and the creation of task-based documentation that can be leveraged in dynamic delivery to applications to meet the needs of the end users.

Takeaways

We will give insight into how the KONE team works to create the content, what outputs and delivery channels are used, and how the smart delivery of technical information supports the megatrend of digitalization in our society.

Prior knowledge

Basics of technical writing, information design and DITA XML

Speakers

Hanna Heinonen

KONE Corporation

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Biography

Hanna Heinonen is a doctoral researcher at Tampere University and the Digital Content Lead at KONE Corporation. She has 20 years of experience in the field of technical communication as a writer, illustrator, information designer and other related roles. Her specialties include information architecture and design, user-centered, task-based documentation, topic-based structured content creation (DITA XML), and content management systems and tools. She is pursuing a Ph.D. in Interactive Technology at Tampere University, researching what XR can offer to technical communication.

Sirpa Ruokangas

KONE IT

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Sirpa Ruokangas is Solution Owner for Portfolio and Content Solutions, as well as Enteprise Architect (act) for Content Management in KONE IT. In business roles she has acted as a writer, information designer, information architect and process architect. Found IBM DITA some 20+ years ago, was early adopter and contributed in making DITA into a standard with her colleagues. Then she drifted away to IT roles; nowadays focus in making sure her business teams have the 'best' industry tools for content management, dynamic delivery and translation. She is a founding member of Finnish Society for Technical communication.

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