1. The consultant will

- help you make the right decisions in (electronic) publishing -
   strategically or with your products
- assist in the implementation and use of new technologies or
   workflows as coach or trainer
- create electronic products for the benefit of the user including the
   proper electronic functionality
- develop information models (i.e. in XML) for pragmatic reuse of data
- check existing information models concerning their utilization
   within the planned strategy
- check on the efficiency of existing workflows and help to
   improve them
- lay out roles and workflows in realising concepts and production
- make plans for, and advise on the intelligent reuse of content
   and its implementation
- plan and introduce quality management
- undertake the management of strategic projects
- help you evaluate needed software and CMS
- carry out projects as the main service supplier - with the support
   of some colleagues

2. Training courses and lectures

Electronic Publishing:

- Professional copy editing with MS Word
- Project management in Electronic Publishing
- Improvement of workflows - with special reference to data flow
- Creation of electronic products according to the specific requirements
   of the user and fitting electronic functionality

Data structuring with XML/SGML:

- Introduction to XML/SGML, its workflow requirements, its software tools
- Practical use of XML (Do it yourself on the PC ...)
- Introduction to the transformation of XML data with XSLT
- Introduction to the PDF rendering of XML data with XSL-FO

The trainings and lectures are to be organised as in-house seminars.

For more subjects see XML-Schule!

For special questions and individual subjects please feel free to contact me directly!