In recent years, organizations for information architects (also known as 'information designers') have become vital and interesting places to meet and discuss emerging issues in usability, experience design, interaction design and metadata collection/development.
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Consortium for the Study of Engineering Communication
The Consortium for the Study of Engineering Communication consists of individual engineering communication scholars from six professional organizations and ten universities who are interested in research relating to the Acreditation Board for Engineering and Technology's Engineering Criteria 2000, expecially EC3(g): 'the ability to communicate effectively.' They are working together on research and development projects to identify best communication practices of successful engineers in industry and ways of assessing students' communication performances. Collaboration with others concerned with engineering communication and assessment is welcome. Please see the list of members or the list of organizations represented for further information or contact us.
Rice University. Organizations>Education>Engineering>Technical Writing
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Content Management Professionals
CM Pros is a membership organization that fosters the sharing of content management information, practices, and strategies.
Content Management Professionals. Organizations>Content Management
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The Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication
The Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication (CPTSC) has five goals: promote programs in technical and scientific communication, promote research in technical and scientific communication, develop opportunities for the exchange of ideas and information concerning programs, research, and career opportunities, assist in the development and evaluation of new programs in technical and scientific communication, if requested, and promote exchange of information between this organization and interested parties.
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The Council for the Advancement of Science Writing
The Council for the Advancement of Science Writing is a group of distinguished journalists and scientists committed to improving the quality of science news reaching the general public. The CASW develops and funds programs to help newspaper, magazine and television reporters and editors, universities and corporations present accurate, reliable and informative news stories to the lay public about developments in science and medicine.
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Terminologi er af vital betydning for en vellykket kommunikation, for virksomheder, for forskningen og for udviklingen af nye ideer. Terminologi er en forudsætning for, at fx lovtekster og regulativer, produktinformation, private og offentlige informationssystemer, standarder, marketingbrochurer og forskningsrapporter kan formidle et budskab korrekt. Som et resultat heraf har terminologiske ressourcer og aktiviteter en betragtelig strategisk og økonomisk betydning i samfundet.
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The Dallas/Fort Worth ColdFusion User Group is made up of ColdFusion users and enthusiasts in the greater Dallas/Fort Worth area.
DFW CFUG. Organizations>Web Design>Server Side Includes>Texas
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DITA Users is a membership organization that includes: individuals learning DITA; organizations moving to single-source authoring and multi-channel publishing; vendors of XML Editors and XML Content Management Systems.
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A gathering place for information about DITA.
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The WaSP Dreamweaver Task Force was created in 2001 to accomplish two tasks of vital importance: To work with Macromedia’s engineers to improve the standards compliance and accessibility of web pages produced with Macromedia Dreamweaver, the market-leading professional visual web editor and development tool. Detailed objectives are listed below. This part of the group’s mission was largely fulfilled with the release in May 2002 of Dreamweaver MX, though the Task Force will continue to work with Macromedia as the company fine-tunes subsequent versions of its product. To communicate effectively within the online Dreamweaver community, raising awareness of web standards and helping others discover how their tools can be used to create standards-compliant, accessible sites. This work will continue indefinitely and is a key component of WaSP’s developer education outreach program.
Web Standards Project. Organizations>Web Design>Standards>Dreamweaver
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DTT: Deutscher Terminologie-Tag
Der DTT e.V. ist ein Forum für alle, die sich mit Terminologie und Terminologiearbeit beschäftigen. Er hat sich zum Ziel gesetzt, durch Beratung und Koordination sowie durch die Veranstaltung von Symposien und Workshops zur Lösung fachlicher Kommunikationsprobleme beizutragen.
DTT. (German) Organizations>Language>Linguistics>Controlled Vocabulary
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Dublin Core Metadata Initiative
The Dublin Core Metadata Initiative is an open forum engaged in the development of interoperable online metadata standards that support a broad range of purposes and business models. DCMI's activities include consensus-driven working groups, global workshops, conferences, standards liaison, and educational efforts to promote widespread acceptance of metadata standards and practices.
Dublin Core. Organizations>Information Design>Standards>Metadata
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The DuPont Experience: Strategic Planning for Information Design and Development Organizations 
This is a reprint of an article first published in Technical Communication. It explains the strategic planning experience of the Information Design and Development organization in DuPont's External Affairs division. The author describes why they undertook a strategic planning initiative, the process used, the logistics involved in preparing for and carrying out the process, and the results of their work. Their experience can be applied by technical communication work groups seeking to define and communicate their mission and value proposition within their organization. Original publication: Breuninger, Charles L. 1997. “The DuPont Experience: Strategic Planning for Information Design and Development Organizations.” Technical communication 44:394–400.
Breuninger, Charles L. ComTech Services (1997). Articles>Knowledge Management>Organizations>Case Studies
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Editorial Freelancers Association
The Editorial Freelancers Association is a national, nonprofit, professional organization of self-employed workers in the publishing and communications industries. Members are editors, writers, indexers, proofreaders, researchers, desktop publishers, translators, and others who offer a broad range of skills and specialties.
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Editors' Association of Canada
The Editors' Association of Canada promotes professional editing as key in producing effective communications. Its 1,600-plus members, salaried and freelance, work with individuals and in the corporate, technical, government, non-profit, and publishing sectors.
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EPSScentral.INFO is a set of free resources on the many disciplines that comprise performance centered design, including cognitive science, usability engineering, agile development, information engineering and architecture, knowledge management, hypermedia engineering, content management, learning technologies, human factors engineering, and more. The site includes articles, awards, books, design and development methods, tools, organizations, people, reports and studies.
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European Bureau of Library, Information and Documentation Associations
EBLIDA is the European Bureau of Library, Information and Documentation Associations. We are an independent umbrella association of national library, information, documentation and archive associations and institutions in Europe.
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European Design for All e-Accessibility Network
The European Design for All e-Accessibility Network is a network of 160 organisations in EU member states. The goal of the network is to support all citizens' access to the Information Society.
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European Language Resources Association
ELRA's mission is to promote language resources for the Human Language Technology (HLT) sector, and to evaluate language engineering technologies.
ELRA (1998). Organizations>Language>Localization
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The European Network of Science Communication Teachers
The project brought together leading institutions and individuals involved in science communication teaching from across Europe, to exchange ideas on good practice in teaching.
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Fèdèration des Enseignants Documentalistes de l'Education Nationale 
FADBEN est une association de spÈcialistes des enseignants documentalistes (loi 1901) des lycÈes et collËges.
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Föreningen Teknisk Information 
Föreningen Teknisk Information (FTI) är en förening för professionella informatörer med teknik och naturvetenskap som arbetsfält. Föreningen fungerar som ett kontaktnät informatörerna emellan och är ett forum för utbyte av erfarenheter. FTI arrangerar bl a studiebesök, höst- och vårmöte med seminarier och föredrag. På några platser finns också lokala arbetsgrupper. En viktig del i föreningens verksamhet är certifiering av teknikinformatörer.
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The largest FrameMaker® Reference Site on the Internet. This is the largest FrameMaker User Network (FUN) available to anyone around the world. Although this site is not produced by Adobe, we provide a solutions network for all FrameMaker® users. This can only be made possible with your support, ideas and suggestions. Please feel free to join one of our email lists and make sure to drop us your comments and ideas.
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A Good GUI Design: Desktop vs. Web Environments
Good graphical user interface (GUI) design is more important than ever, given the proliferation of software applications and Web sites. GUI design principles were first defined for desktop-oriented software applications, when the Internet was barely known by most software users. Those GUI design principles were later adopted and modified for use in Web design. This article reviews some basic rules of good GUI design in the desktop environment, explores why those rules might differ in the Web environment, and, finally, summarizes the similarities and differences in good GUI design for both environments.
Harris, Robert. Techniques (2003). (Bulgarian) Organizations>Telecommuting>Organizations>Adobe FrameMaker
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GRApES: Group for Research in Applied English Studies 
GRApES is a group of applied linguists and rhetoricians in the English Department at ISU who meet regularly to discuss their various research pursuits, looking for areas of mutual interest in terms of methodology and theory. As you will see below, the group is quite diverse in interests and expertise. Our goal is to collaborate on joint research projects. Feel free to contact any of us about our research.
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The Graphic Artists Guild is a national union of illustrators, designers, web creators, production artists, surface designers and other creatives who have come together to pursue common goals, share their experience, raise industry standards, and improve the ability of visual creators to achieve satisfying and rewarding careers.
