Dorothea Salo

Keywords

data conversion training presentation SGML XML HTML XHTML CSS DTD OEB Unicode Python ebook standards typesetting publishing

Expertise

Technical writing, presentation, and training

• Document SGML and XML Document Type Definitions
• Write training materials on technical topics
• Write FAQs on technical topics
• Provide software support for various applications on various platforms
• Speak Spanish fluently; translate written French, Portuguese, Latin

SGML and XML development

• Analyze texts for SGML, XML, and HTML development
• Write SGML and XML Document Type Definitions

Data conversion and programming

• Convert documents from Quark XPress, Penta, and miscellaneous text-based composition formats to SGML, XML, and HTML
• Design and code electronic books in Open eBook, Microsoft Reader, SoftBook, and Rocket eBook formats
• Convert SGML and XML documents to HTML and electronic-book formats
• Write Python programs to accomplish conversion tasks

Other computer skills

• Expert: Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Outlook, FileMaker Pro
• Intermediate: Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Excel
• Some experience: Microsoft Access, Quark XPress

Experience

• Program Assistant 2: University of Wisconsin Survey Center, 2002–present
• XML/OEB Developer: OverDrive Inc., 2001–2002
• Electronic Publishing Specialist, Typesetter, Training and Procedures Specialist: Impressions Book and Journal Services, 1999–2001
• Teaching Assistant: University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1997–98
• Administrative Assistant: Pharmaceutical Product Development, 1994
• Consultant: University Computing Services, Indiana University-Bloomington, 1993

Professional affiliations and activities

• Scribe, Open eBook Forum Publication Structure Working Group, 2000–2002
• Editor, Open eBook Publication Structure version 1.0.1
• Primary Representative to Open eBook Forum for Impressions, 1999–2001
• Columnist, eBookWeb, July 2001–present.
• Original author, eBook Technical FAQ
• “Page and Screen: The Collision of Print and Electronic Publishing” presented for:
  • the Computers in the Humanities Users Group (Brown University, March 15 2001)
  • Microsoft’s Research Center (May 9 2001)
  • Association of Computing and Information Systems, University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign (October 25 2001)
• “Data Preparation for the Open eBook Publication Structure,” presented at Book Expo America, June 2 2001
• “The Open eBook Publication Structure,” presented at OEBF Working Group Summit, Chicago, September 10 2001
• “Fitting OEB into Producing E-Learning Materials,” presented at NIST Ebook 2001 conference, November 6 2001

Education

• MA, Spanish: University of Wisconsin-Madison. GPA 3.93
• BA with Highest Distinction, Comparative Literature and Spanish: Indiana University-Bloomington. GPA 3.94
• High school diploma: W.G. Enloe High School, Raleigh NC
• Selected honors and awards: Phi Beta Kappa, Jacob K. Javits Fellowship (1994–97), National Merit Scholar

References available upon request.