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      <title><![CDATA[Clinical trial protocol templates 2026]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[TransCelerate, FDA/NIH and ICH M11 protocol templates explained. What changed in 2026, how they relate, and how to use them in a structured content workflow.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Topic-based authoring: a practical guide]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Topic-based authoring means writing small, self-contained units that stand alone or assemble into documents. The mechanics, failure modes, and habits.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[CCMS on SharePoint, not next to it]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[A CCMS that integrates with SharePoint is not the same as one that runs on SharePoint. The structural difference, and why it matters on Microsoft 365.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Single source of truth in a CCMS]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Single source of truth is the most-quoted phrase in structured-content decks. What it means in a CCMS, and what decides if you really have one.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Translation cost in technical docs]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Most technical-documentation teams underestimate their translation bill by a factor of three to five. The reason is structural, not the per-word rate.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[SPL, IDMP and eCTD: a CCMS buyer’s guide]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[SPL, IDMP and eCTD treat regulatory content as data. A practical guide to what a CCMS must do to keep up with the three standards converging in 2026.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Structured authoring in Microsoft Word]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Structured authoring in Microsoft Word for regulated industries: what it requires, the two architectural approaches, and how to choose between them.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[CCMS vs document management]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[CCMS and DMS sound alike until an audit asks which version of a paragraph was approved, and when. Here is the difference, drawn cleanly.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Your SharePoint is your CCMS]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[A CCMS for SharePoint and Microsoft 365: no migration, no parallel platform, no separate procurement. The structural case for keeping SharePoint.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Why technical writers stop using XML editors]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Technical writers adopt XML editors with conviction and quietly stop using them within eighteen months. The reasons are not what vendors think they are.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[DITA without an XML editor: author in Word]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Structured-content programs stall when experts will not adopt an XML editor. The alternative: author in Word, DITA applied behind the scenes.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colleagues who refuse to work in XML]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[A 2020 piece on SME adoption in DITA programs. A survey of 80 companies: DITA XML complexity is the most-cited reason departments are dropped from a rollout.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[The most-used XML editor in the world]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 21 Sep 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[A 2017 post making a controversial claim: the most widely used XML editor in the world is Microsoft Word. The argument still holds in 2026.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Structured content in life sciences]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Aug 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[A 2017 piece on why pharma's compliance burden makes structured content management a business-process question, not a tooling question. Still holds in 2026.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bot-enabled?]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2016 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[A 2016 note on what bots will demand from your content. Nine years later, the demand turned out to be exactly what was predicted: structured, modular, tagged.]]></description>
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