Vasont: DITA XML Content Management System for Technical Communications

"Do I need an XML content management system (CMS) if I use DITA?"
This is the burning question in the minds of those who are considering using DITA. The answer is YES if you intend to maximize the reuse of your content and gain productivity efficiencies.

Vasont is a DITA XML content management system that enables organizations to store their multilingual content as a secure, trusted source for maximum reuse and dynamic publishing. It allows users to effectively manage, maximize, and measure the reuse of their content. Vasont's DITA CMS capabilities complement and enhance DITA, allowing users to be highly productive with these features:

  • Advanced Security

Vasont's administrative capabilities ensure that only authorized users can access content in Vasont. User privileges and content access rights are controlled in Vasont's administrative tool.

  • Management of Modular Content

Vasont supports change management of modular content. Users have complete control over the implementation of changes to reused topics. This feature is particularly powerful for quality control and compliance needs.

  • Enhanced Content Searching

Without a CMS, finding your content can be like finding a needle in a haystack. With Vasont, users can query content or metadata within a collection (such as topics, tasks, references, concepts) or across multiple collections. Vasont's advanced search capabilities also allow for "fuzzy" searching, such as "sounds like" and "spelled like".

  • Tracking and Measurement of Content Reuse

Vasont's informative user interface shows where DITA content is used and what is referencing content at all times. Vasont's printable content reuse reports are a great way for users to quickly prove their ROI by easily viewing what content is being reused. The report provides statistics on the content reuse that Vasont has confirmed and implemented on the organization's content.

  • Global Change

Global Change is Vasont's ability to easily identify all instances where a component is used, and if needed, change content for all uses, some uses, or no uses when an update is made. Users can be alerted of changes made to their reused content and accept or reject changes that are appropriate for the content they are responsible for.

  • Versioning

Vasont provides powerful versioning capabilities that enable the system to track all changes made to a piece of content or a group of content such as a DITA map. Users can attach comments to content, search for old content, and reinstate any previous version of that content.

  • Project Management and Workflow

Vasont's customizable workflow ensures that an entire organization has the ability to effectively access, update, edit and review DITA topics through checkpoints and e-mail notifications. Managers can view and monitor the progress of their projects quickly and easily.

  • Translation Management

Vasont has complete Unicode Transformation Format (UTF-8 and UTF 16) support capabilities for multilingual translation management at the topic or component level. In Vasont's Translation Management package, translation projects can be quoted, initiated, and tracked through the entire translation process, saving millions of dollars in translation costs.


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