Biography:JoAnn Hackos

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Short description: Consultant and writer on technical communication


Hackos at Stevens Institute of Technology, November 2015.

JoAnn T. Hackos is a lecturer, consultant, and author of a number of books about technical communication.[1] Now retired, Hackos is the founder of the Center for Information-Development Management (CIDM) and the president emeritus of Comtech Services in Denver, Colorado.[2][3] She is also a fellow and past president of the Society for Technical Communication. She is a member of the IEEE Standards Association and active in the ISO SC7 Working Groups that is developing standards for information developers. She is the co-author of the standards on content management and information-development management.

Hackos is considered an expert in the fields of content management and information design,[4] with some of her work in the fields being described as "groundbreaking."[5]

Hackos was also an early and vocal advocate of the single source publishing idea.[6] She was instrumental in founding the OASIS DITA Standards Committee.

Works

  • A Practical Guide to XLIFF with Bryan Schnabel and Rodolfo Raya (XML Press, 2015)
  • Information Development, Managing your Documentation Projects, Portfolio, and People (Wiley 2006)
  • Content Management for Dynamic Web Delivery (Wiley 2002)
  • Managing Your Documentation Projects (Wiley 1994)
  • Standards for Online Communication (Wiley 1997)
  • User and Task Analysis for Interface Design (Wiley 1998)
  • Introduction to DITA: Second Edition' (Comtech Services 2011)

Honors and awards

References

  1. Notes from 48th International STC Conference , Chicago, Illinois, May 13–16, 2001 at the official website of the Orlando chapter of the Society for Technical Communication. Accessed March 9, 2013.
  2. JoAnn Hackos at The Dynamic Publisher. Accessed March 9, 2013.
  3. Content Management for Dynamic Web Delivery. Copyright 2001, 2002 WebDesign & Review. Accessed March 9, 2013.
  4. JoAnn Hackos on Moving Legacy Documentation into DITA: An Interview at Data Conversion Laboratory, Inc. Accessed March 9, 2013.
  5. History of Dita at Dita Users. Accessed March 9, 2013.
  6. Meeting JoAnn Hackos by Bob Doyle, Mon, 2006-08-28. © 1993-2013 OASIS. Accessed March 9, 2013.
  7. "Horace Hockley Award 2013". http://www.istc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Communicator-2013-Winter-JoAnnHackos.pdf. 
  8. "Rigo Award". SIGDOC. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120614135502/http://www.sigdoc.org/awards/rigo.html. Retrieved 11 June 2012. 
  9. PCS Awards at the IEEE PCS official website. Accessed March 9, 2013.

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Preceded by
Stephen Doheny-Farina
ACM SIGDOC Rigo Award
2003
Succeeded by
Alan Cooper