This entry pairs with the "PAST" one.
Just draft material at this point.... work-in-progress, goes without saying!
Wm.
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1. FUTURE = How to describe what I want to do next.
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Three Areas:
A. XML/XSLT/DTD/XSD technologies, content management, "single-source"
publishing
(good deal of hands-on document and content analysis, DTD/XSD development,
XSLT processes design and implementation, etc.)
B. CMS (Content Management Systems) per se
Some of the "usual suspects" of various well-known CM Systems
- Interwoven;
- Content Server;
- Vignette;
etc. on which I've had varying degrees of experience...
C. Application Frameworks, J2EE applications, data-intensive website
development
(I know some Java, but am not a Java developer. But, I can contribute in
many other ways to these kinds of projects)
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A. XML, PUBLISHING, etc.
Below, I've taken a look at the work of two other highly respected
people/groups in the field (of XML/XSLT/DTD/XSD technologies, content
management, "single-source" publishing, etc.), to provide some ideas and
examples:
1). New Media Publications, Bill Trippe
2). Mulberry Technologies, B. Tommie Usdin
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1). New Media Publications, "Recent Technology Projects"
http://www.nmpub.com/recent.htm
Bill Trippe projects,
-- re-sorted in order of interest/appeal to me --
Closer to Hands-On Deliverables
# Developing document type definitions (DTDs) for two divisions of a major
educational publisher, enabling them to drive print and Web production from a
single source.
# Implementing XML editing tools and an XSLT-based Web publishing tool for a
major publisher.
# Developing RFPs and soliciting proposals for tools to convert publishers'
databases to XML and other formats.
Special case (Web Services)
# Advising a large technical publisher on implementing Web Services technology
to integrate both new and legacy publishing and business systems.
More Strategy
# Developing requirements, functional specifications, and test plans for
authoring and publishing tools for a major journal publisher
# Advising a major publisher on next-generation electronic reference products
for the Web and CD-ROM.
# Developing a needs analysis and RFP detailing requirements for Web-based
collaboration and publishing tools for a major publishing organization.
# Developing a comprehensive strategy for the State of Washington to use XML
and other emerging standards in its newly planned Digital Archive.
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2). B. Tommie Usdin (Mulberry Technologies)
http://www.mulberrytech.com/people/usdin/btu-quals.html
WR note: These are very high-end, very large organizations that this person
has worked with -- I don't entirely expect or desire projects of this scope,
but they do provide examples on the more complex end of the spectrum of what
I'd like to do.
- Developed the DTD for Oxford University Press' American National Biography
(ANB)
- Developed the Pinnacles Component Information Standard (PCIS) for the
semiconductor industry, an industry-wide SGML application for the interchange
of semiconductor documentation
- American Memory Project of the Library of Congress, Ms. Usdin led the
analysis team that selected the TEI (Text Encoding Initiative) as the basis
for their custom DTD
- Publisher of a major scientific encyclopedia, Ms. Usdin led the editorial
team in identification of the structure of the articles and index structures.
She then led the team that developed a set of DTDs for articles, indices, and
the full encyclopedia.
- Set of inter-related DTD modules for a government agency that produces a
variety of periodical publications, some daily, some weekly, and some
irregular
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3). William Reilly
First: Simple Problem Statement: "The Information Problem"
(then: "What I Can Add" (below))
- 1. Organizations seek to optimize the use of resources. (of course)
- 2. Information holds the potential for delivering high value to
organizations (right information/right person/right time).
- 3. But, finding (& storing/managing) information effectively requires a
good-sized investment.
- 4. Therefore, organizations find it challenging to make optimal use of
resources to best organize information for storage and use, to derive that
high potential value.
What I Can Add:
I believe I can make the most effective contribution to organization(s) facing
this "Information Problem" where:
- I can use my skills in data/information/content/document analysis,
modelling, design, transformation.
- I can draw on my experience in assembling systems for processing
(acquisition; management; publishing).
- I can play a key role in project scoping, planning, staffing, budgeting.
- I can be relied upon to ensure the team has a sound understanding of what
the client's business problem is, what the client wants from the system.
- I can assume a lead role of responsibility and accountability for project
management and final deliverables.
I believe I can also contribute to higher level strategic planning, industry
review, and product evaluation efforts, etc. But my first preference is
(currently!) more project deliverables oriented.
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B. CMS
In addition to perhaps the "usual suspects" of various well-known CM Systems
- Interwoven;
- Content Server;
- Vignette;
etc. on which I've had varying degrees of experience)...
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C. FRAMEWORKS, etc.
Some Particular Architectures, Frameworks:
...these kinds of server-side J2EE applications are of keen interest to me:
- Apache Cocoon/Lenya http://cocoon.apache.org/lenya
- Orbeon, Inc. XFO XML Framework (U.C. Berkeley project)
http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=053828
- WebML (www.webml.org; www.webratio.com)
- D-Space (M.I.T., Hewlett-Packard) http://www.dspace.org/
- Struts (MVC) http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/index.html
- JSTL (JSP Standard Tag Library) http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/jstl/