DITA and XLIFF are two important emerging technologies in the world of technical writing and translation. Last month, I took part in an OASIS webinar, explaining what translation companies look for with open standards like this, and how (if used correctly) they can enable LSV (or language service vendors) to offer cost savings to clients when translating their documents into multiple languages. If you missed the webinars, the two DITA / XLIFF webinars can now be downloaded from the Oasis web site.

I will also be participating in a live version of this presentation at the DITA Europe conference in the lovely German city of Munich on 17-18 November 2008, again explaining how clients can obtain cost savings across their multilingual documentation by using approproate XML workflows.