Comet Computer and Comet Communication

The Experts in Technical Documentation

Comet is the market leader in Germany for technical documentation. Our strength is optimized time-to-market for even the most challenging timeframes. We work to ensure that your documentation is a success.

Consulting

We advise you on all aspects of documentation and design user-friendly, cost-effective solutions. We conduct needs and target group analyses and plan the necessary documentation environment. We show you the documentation techniques and methods that you can use to create your documentation efficiently and manage it in the long term

Technical Authoring

We design concepts and templates, write clear and appropriate texts, and create professional layouts for print and online media.

Localization and Translation

We translate your technical documentation under consideration of the linguistic and cultural features of the target languages. We perform all adaptation and conversion work. Our specialists only translate into their native language.

Training

We train you in the important basics as well as the latest solutions in technical communication today. Our training program includes seminars on best writing practices and documentation techniques, as well as hands-on tool workshops. Our team of instructors has many years of practical experience.

Development

We develop individual solutions and adapt them to your environment to meet your requirements. We assist you in choosing a system, as well as configuring and programming for both open source environments and commercial products.

Comet has strong partners

We are sales and training partner for the following systems:

• Author-it , the leading content management system for technical documentation from ASC
• Adobe for Technical Communication Suite (Captivate 3, FrameMaker 8, RoboHelp 7, Acrobat 3D 8)
• acrocheck , the integrated quality assurance tool from acrolinx
• across Language Server , the corporate translation memory system from across Systems

A solid knowledge base

The founder and managing director of Comet, Professor Sissi Closs, teaches information and media technology at Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences. In Germany, she is a leading expert in online documentation and XML. The class concept (Klassenkonzept ® ) was developed by Professor Closs and has proven capable of structuring even the most complex information.

Together with a team of programmers, scientists, and liberal arts academics, as well as graphic and Web designers, we develop sophisticated solutions that are adapted to your requirements exactly.

Comet is an OASIS member

Comet was one of the first companies in Germany to recognize the full potential of DITA (Darwin Information Typing Architecture). With DITA, Comet offers its customers an open, standardized information architecture, which can be flexibly adapted to meet different documentation requirements.

In addition to our membership, we intensified our involvement in OASIS by being their official sponsor for a year, thus increasing our long-standing commitment to the further development of DITA. Professor Sissi Closs is a DITA pioneer in Germany and has made it a popular topic through her many talks and articles for the industry. She is a member of the DITA sub-committee for mechanical engineering and online help.

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