Clinical trial protocol templates 2026
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.
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Industry insight, compliance, and how-to on structured content management for regulated industries.
Topic-based authoring: a practical guide
Topic-based authoring means writing small, self-contained units that stand alone or assemble into documents. The mechanics, failure modes, and habits.
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CCMS on SharePoint, not next to it
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.
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Single source of truth in a CCMS
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.
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Translation cost in technical docs
Most technical-documentation teams underestimate their translation bill by a factor of three to five. The reason is structural, not the per-word rate.
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SPL, IDMP and eCTD: a CCMS buyer’s guide
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.
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Structured authoring in Microsoft Word
Structured authoring in Microsoft Word for regulated industries: what it requires, the two architectural approaches, and how to choose between them.
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CCMS vs document management
CCMS and DMS sound alike until an audit asks which version of a paragraph was approved, and when. Here is the difference, drawn cleanly.
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Your SharePoint is your CCMS
A CCMS for SharePoint and Microsoft 365: no migration, no parallel platform, no separate procurement. The structural case for keeping SharePoint.
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Why technical writers stop using XML editors
Technical writers adopt XML editors with conviction and quietly stop using them within eighteen months. The reasons are not what vendors think they are.
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DITA without an XML editor: author in Word
Structured-content programs stall when experts will not adopt an XML editor. The alternative: author in Word, DITA applied behind the scenes.
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Colleagues who refuse to work in XML
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.
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The most-used XML editor in the world
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.
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Structured content in life sciences
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.
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Bot-enabled?
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.
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