How was the tekom annual conference 2020? We'll still be asking ourselves that in a few years' time! The tekom Annual Conference 2020 is over, but the experiences from the digital event will have a lasting impact on technical communication. We would like to take this opportunity to thank the organizers and all the other people who [...]
"Hello, you haven't unlocked the screen." The seminar is called "HTML seminar" or more correctly "Website design with HTML". The topic is rather dry and theoretical. The participants' prior knowledge ranges from "What is this? What do I need it for?" and "I used to develop websites myself." This requires a didactic balancing act on the part of the lecturer, because after all [...]
The industry is in the process of digital transformation. This digitalization makes every step of the value chain transparent. The factory of tomorrow is faster, more efficient and more flexible: machines communicate with each other, inform each other about errors in the production process, identify scarce material stocks and reorder. The technological possibilities for linking objects, data and processes pose new challenges [...]
Date of issue: May 2020 DIN ISO 26162-1: Management of terminology resources - Terminology databases - Part 1: Design This standard specifies general principles for the creation of terminology databases. It is intended to enable the creation, processing and use of high-quality terminology. The target group of this standard are terminologists, translators, interpreters, technical writers and language planners. The standard can be used for the creation [...]
There are a considerable number of providers on the market for content management systems (CCMS) and the range of services offered by the systems is constantly increasing. Who wants to keep track of it all (tecteam, for example)? The vast landscape of content management systems Perhaps you feel the same way: at the relevant conferences and trade fairs, you almost get dizzy in the face of [...]
Everyone is talking about the women's quota, at tecteam it is a reality. The editorial team consists of 40 specialists, 18 of whom are women, which is a quota of 45%. The 35 technical editors are supported by five technical illustrators. In the further training of technical editors, the proportion of women in [...]
Verena Diederichs How and when did you join tecteam? After completing my degree in German and Anglophone Studies, I did further training to become a technical editor. Part of this training was an internship, which I completed at tecteam. After completing the training, I was offered the opportunity to stay with tecteam, [...]
Automation not only ensures high documentation quality, it also guarantees efficient and time-saving working methods. To make working with a content management system a success story, tecteam supports the entire process. Initial situation An international mechanical engineering group sells around 140 products with countless variants, whose operating manuals are translated into 25 languages. For each [...]
"Cables lying on the floor, being walked on by people, being treated cruelly." Anyone who reads this in an instruction manual knows that the manual is no good. Confidence in the potentially good product may now also be shaken. "When the header area is filled, you jump through the fields." A certainly amusing stylistic flourish from a software description for [...]
Date of issue: January 2020 DIN EN 15494: Candles - Product safety labeling DIN EN 15494 was released in January. The standard specifies the minimum safety information with which candles must be labeled when sold. This concerns safety information and the presentation of product safety labeling. Optional safety information is also specified. They can either [...]
