A-Jour Net

A-Jour Net is a content technology consultancy that designs DITA information architectures and component content management systems. It draws on more than 23 years of XML and DITA work and has used Agile methods since 2012. Its flagship project is the centralised content management, classification and delivery system it defined and supports for HPI.

What A-Jour Net offers

• DITA and CCM consulting — technical advice on structured content strategy and platforms.
• Information and CCMS architecture — repository setup, content models, business rules with Schematron validation, reuse strategies, and taxonomy and metadata design.
• Systems and integrations — DITA authoring links to source systems, rendition and delivery integrations, and technology selection.
• Application development and maintenance — building and looking after content applications.
• Operations support and training — keeping systems running and teaching teams to use them.

Who it works with

The firm serves organisations producing large volumes of multilingual product and process content. Its work for HPI covers hundreds of thousands of content objects in English and translations across 43 languages.

Key facts

• Specialism: XML/DITA and component content management
• Experience: over 23 years
• Results claimed: 40–80% content cost savings and 30–50% shorter cycle times
• Translation reuse: 99% reuse on newly written feature content in one programme