At the tecteam System Day in the spring, two systems were presented in combination that solve two important tasks in technical communication in a practical and beneficial way: Content reuse and language checking of texts. Claudius Jacoby, Managing Director of Expert Communication Systems GmbH in Haar, presented the user-friendly Smart Media Creator (SMC) editing system. The SMC is web-based [...]
Issue date: April 2019 DIN 5008 Writing and design rules for text and information processing In April, a new draft of DIN 5008 will be published with some changes. Among other things, the sections "Terms" and "Symbols to clarify the rules" have been updated. Furthermore, the content of various sections and appendices has been revised or supplemented. Finally, [...]
It was a news item a few weeks ago: The original kilogram, protected in a special safe, is getting lighter. Now some people will think with relief: "Oh, that's why my scales always show more when I stand on them." To ensure that no one is under any false illusions about their own weight, a new definition of the kilogram has been [...]
Roland Gleißner How and when did you join tecteam? In a previous life, I studied biology because I found it fascinating that a DNA molecule can store information. I then studied a section of this molecule comprising almost one thousand base pairs in great detail. In doing so, I realized that I needed more and more [...]
Working with content management systems (or component content management systems, CCMS for short) is often disparagingly referred to as "industrialized text production". As with industrial products that are practical but come in a boring and loveless design, documents from a CCMS are said to be squeezed onto the pages in a "one-size-fits-all" look in order to maximize paper [...].
Issue date: October 2018 VDI Guideline VDI 2770 Sheet 1 Operation of process plants - Minimum requirements for digital manufacturer information for the process industry - Basic principles VDI Guideline VDI 2770 Sheet 1 deals with the transfer of manufacturer information, such as declarations of conformity, certificates and other product-related information to the operator. To this end, the guideline specifies the [...]
What do you do when the management sets a strategy for which you are not prepared? A globally active company was confronted with this challenge. It was not an easy task to master, but not an impossible one either. A practical report from our day-to-day editorial work. The initial situation The company is a global player with a diverse [...]
The photo exhibition "Bilderflut" by the tecteam hobby photographers was a complete success. A considerable amount was raised for the help and hope foundation. We already reported about it on Facebook. To round off the year, the initiator of the exhibition, Dirk Schmitz, describes here how the photo exhibition came about. How did it all begin? About two years ago [...]
Even as a child, I spent hours playing technical editor and didn't want to be anything else. That's nonsense, of course. For one thing, the profession hasn't been around that long, and for another, I wanted to have an adventurous job. And seriously, who wants to become a technical writer? The profession has a lot [...]
At this year's tekom annual conference, future-oriented topics were on everyone's lips in addition to classic technical documentation: Among other things, the focus was on content management systems, artificial intelligence, augmented reality and virtual reality as well as the new tekom standard iiRDS (intelligent information Request and Delivery Standard). The possibilities of the future and the hurdles that still need to be [...]
