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XML Coding: Where Digital, Editorial, and Design Collide

By Kaitlin Barnes

September 2, 2019 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

XML Coding: Where Digital, Editorial, and Design Collide

During my time at Ooligan, I have been told by multiple people that XML coding is the portion of the Ooligan workflow that they are most unfamiliar with and therefore most anxious about volunteering for. It’s not hard to see why XML seems daunting or confusing: the work is done by the editorial department, but it requires coding tags one would expect to see in the digital department, and the product is used exclusively by the design department. It’s easy to get lost in all of that. If the work requires coding, why isn’t it done in the digital department? If the product is only used by the design department, why don’t they do the work? To help clarify, here’s a crash course in XML.

Filed Under: Digital, Manager Monday Tagged With: code, coding, Collaboration, collide, collision, crash course, Design, digital, Editing, editorial, tags, xml

Using XML for Book Design

By Michele Ford

August 2, 2017 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Using XML for Book Design

Our recent blog post discussed XML, or eXtensible Markup Language, in relation to the editing department. Now, we’ll discuss what happens when the design team gets an XML-tagged manuscript. Recall that XML tagging does not change a manuscript’s appearance; it merely identifies pieces of text that need to be designed. It’s like placing sticky notes […]

Filed Under: Design Tagged With: Design, Editing, xml

Editing and Design: The Start of a Beautiful Partnership

By J. Whitney Edmunds

February 13, 2017 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Editing and Design: The Start of a Beautiful Partnership

One of my favorite aspects of being a manager of Ooligan’s editorial department is the short class we hold every Wednesday. We cover various roles that an editor plays and tasks that they may be expected to complete. During one of these classes, a fellow Ooligan student asked me about other classes they should consider taking if they want to pursue a future in editing. My answer was quick and to the point: design.

Filed Under: Manager Monday Tagged With: At the Waterline, Design, edit, Editing, proofread, Ricochet River, Seven Stitches, xml, XML markup

XML Coding: Bridging the Gap Between Editing and Design

By Amylia Ryan @amylia_ryan

February 1, 2017 by Digital Content Leave a Comment

XML Coding: Bridging the Gap Between Editing and Design

What is XML, anyway? Is it some fancy new coding language I have to learn? Why do we use it? Why is it part of the editing department?

Filed Under: Editing, Publishing Tagged With: coding, Editing, Ricochet River, Robin Cody, xml

Please, Ma’am, We Want Some More! Seriously. We’re Great Publishing Multitaskers

By Hayley Wilson hayleyotrope

December 2, 2015 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Please, Ma’am, We Want Some More! Seriously. We’re Great Publishing Multitaskers

In just a few weeks, Memories Flow in Our Veins has gone from a raw Word document-manuscript to a very real, very happening book-in-progress. In the last few weeks, the team has balanced a number of projects: we’ve pored over the manuscript in editing; helped to develop evocative, on-point titles for the sections of the […]

Filed Under: Start to Finish Tagged With: CALYX, manuscript prep, Memories Flow In Our Veins, multitasking, start to finish, xml

Oxygen XML Editor: A Review

By Brian Thaden

October 7, 2015 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Oxygen XML Editor: A Review

Almost thirty years have passed since the explosion of desktop publishing. Advances in computing technology constantly change the capacities of desktop publishing programs. Developers release new versions of familiar programs and replace antiquated tools with new and improved incarnations that often barely resemble their predecessors, and publishers must find a forward-thinking way to preserve their […]

Filed Under: Publishing Tagged With: Design, document structure, Oxygen XML Editor, typecoding, xml

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