Yves Barbion

Current

• Managing Director / Adobe-Certified FrameMaker Instructor at Scripto bvba

Past

• Senior Technical Writer / Adobe-Certified FrameMaker Instructor at ATeK

Education

• Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
• Hogeschool Gent
• Hogeschool Gent: Provinciale Hogeschool voor Vertalers en Tolken

• Sint-Franciscuscollege Wetteren

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Industry

Writing and Editing

Websites

• Scripto
• My Portfolio
• My Portfolio

Yves Barbion’s Summary

Yves Barbion’s Specialties:

• Information modeling: Information Mapping (IMAP) and Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA)
• Structured writing
• Adobe FrameMaker (training and template design), Adobe Acrobat, Enfocus Certified PDF
• Single sourcing
• Cross-media publishing (online Help, WebHelp, PDF)

Yves Barbion’s Experience

• Managing Director / Adobe-Certified FrameMaker Instructor

  Scripto bvba

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Writing and Editing industry)

  April 2007 — Present (2 years 8 months)

• Senior Technical Writer / Adobe-Certified FrameMaker Instructor

  ATeK

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Writing and Editing industry)

  April 1991 — March 2007 (16 years )

  Tasks include:
  • Writing user documentation for customers: user guides, training guides, brochures, spec sheets, quick-reference cards, online help...
  • Providing FrameMaker training
  • Designing FrameMaker templates
  • Providing consulting services about technical documentation issues: style guides, tools, information modelling (IMAP and DITA), localization (writing for translation), minimalist instruction, single sourcing

Yves Barbion’s Education

• Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

  XML 2004 — 2005

• Hogeschool Gent

  Electromechanical engineering 1991 — 1992

• Hogeschool Gent: Provinciale Hogeschool voor Vertalers en Tolken

  Master , Translation: English, German, Dutch , 1984 — 1989

• Sint-Franciscuscollege Wetteren

  Economics 1978 — 1984

Additional Information

Yves Barbion’s Websites:

• Scripto
• My Portfolio
• My Portfolio

Yves Barbion’s Groups:

Society for Technical Communication (STC) Belgium, FrameUsers, DITA Users, Drupal

•    FrameMaker gebruikers NL - Dutch FrameMaker users
•    DITA Awareness Group
•    Friends of FrameMaker
•    KeyContent.org
•    Documentation Managers
•    Content Strategy
•    Writing for Translation
•    Adobe Technical Communications Professionals Group

Yves Barbion’s Honors:

Society for Technical Communication (STC) awards:
• 1998: User Guide Agfa Cardiac E.O.S (Agfa-Gevaert), Achievement in Technical Communication
• 1999: User Guide Enfocus PitStop Professional (Enfocus Software), Excellence in Technical Communication
See: http://www.enfocus.com/content/en-us/documents/manuals/PitStop%20User%20Guide%20(enUS).pdf
• 2000: Operator Guide Total Leather Solution (Lectra Systèmes), Merit in Technical Communication
• 2001: Quick-Reference Card Enfocus PitStop Professional (Enfocus Software), Excellence in Technical Communication

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