Thursday, November 29, 2007
Day 1. What sharing really means
Although you can view, preview, and even download the files you see below, if there is a magic key for enabling you to collaborate on modifying them, I didn't find it yet. On another day, I'll try my net2go share, and see what services it offers. BFN.
Day 1, much later. My kingdom for a widget!
Box.net offers a widget that supposedly allows collaboration of files via a hosting service like Blogger. Here is a widget to my public space at box.net:
In a subsequent post, I'll discuss my experiences in working with this new interface.
In a subsequent post, I'll discuss my experiences in working with this new interface.
Day 1 8:01, a.m.. And now we know what happens
That only took a minute! My previous post was initiated from box.net, and simply provides a link from that posting back to the file in the public storage I own at box.net. OK, not too bad... this technique is useful for uploading presentations and then creating a post here where anyone can access them. Cool!
Note that the previous post was not created using the blog editor here on Blogger. That title and text were typed in as I selected the file that I chose to include into that posting.
Now, if you have an XML editor installed in the machine where you are reading this, you should be able to click on that link and get an option to open that file in your local editor. It's not yet clear how to save the changed doc back to my shared environment. But if the CMS-like behaviors of check-out, check-in, and reversion could be added, then we've got a rudimentary collaborative environment just by using a couple of unrelated but Web 2.0-savvy pieces of software!
Oh, yes, I tried the onlineEditor version of DITA Storm just to see if I could use THAT web service to access this file, but it responds only to locally stored files, and only saves back to the desktop. Still, success with an online editor is so close I can taste it.
All of which reminds me of a MOTD tautology, "If I only had a piece of ham, I could have ham and eggs, if I only had some eggs..." How true to this exercise!
Note that the previous post was not created using the blog editor here on Blogger. That title and text were typed in as I selected the file that I chose to include into that posting.
Now, if you have an XML editor installed in the machine where you are reading this, you should be able to click on that link and get an option to open that file in your local editor. It's not yet clear how to save the changed doc back to my shared environment. But if the CMS-like behaviors of check-out, check-in, and reversion could be added, then we've got a rudimentary collaborative environment just by using a couple of unrelated but Web 2.0-savvy pieces of software!
Oh, yes, I tried the onlineEditor version of DITA Storm just to see if I could use THAT web service to access this file, but it responds only to locally stored files, and only saves back to the desktop. Still, success with an online editor is so close I can taste it.
All of which reminds me of a MOTD tautology, "If I only had a piece of ham, I could have ham and eggs, if I only had some eggs..." How true to this exercise!
Day 1, 8:00 a.m.. Content "in the cloud"
I am posting a DITA file. Actually, I don't know what to expect, but my eventual wish is to see if there aren't ways to dynamically link a publishing service like Blogger to a Web storage manager like box.net for a SOA-style DITA sourced site. Well, it could happen.
dita-ot-main.dita
Day 1. A new day dawns
Like most initial posts, this one won't matter until I really get some content here. But for the record, I am heavily involved with the maintenance and promotion of DITA and DITA tools, and this blog will generally serve to help users, vendors, consultants, educators, and so forth to get a better handle on The DITA Way (and I'll leave room for other interests as well).
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