Events
• ConVEx IDEAS Online Conference

Between the 15th and the 17th of September, ConVEx IDEAS brings together content professionals - from beginners to experts - for a three-day virtual event centered on content strategy, taxonomy, AI, and inclusive practices. Featuring panel-based sessions and interactive discussions, the conference offers actionable insights and community-driven learning to help you shape tomorrow’s content experiences.
The Oxygen XML team is excited to be part of this event, offering two live sessions to showcase our latest innovations and best practices.
To learn more about ConVEx IDEAS and to register online, see the conference website:
https://ideas.infomanagementcenter.com/Agenda
![]() Monday, September 15, 2025 | Hybrid AI Processing with XProc Pipelines - George BinaGeorge Bina -
Oxygen XML Editor
The rapid advancements in AI have unlocked the potential for innovative processing workflows that were once
deemed highly challenging or even impossible. However, relying solely on AI processing is often insufficient
for addressing real-world problems. A hybrid approach that combines AI with traditional data processing offers a more effective solution for tackling complex information processing tasks.
This presentation introduces the concept of hybrid AI pipelines, leveraging XProc, a W3C-recommended XML pipeline language, to orchestrate workflows that integrate AI and traditional processing steps. By incorporating AI into XProc workflows, we enable a powerful yet straightforward framework for solving real-world challenges. We will explore the limitations of AI-based processing and demonstrate strategies to overcome them, such as dividing complex problems into manageable sub-tasks and orchestrating these workflows using XProc. Attendees will learn how to define their own hybrid workflows, utilize encapsulated AI processing steps, and adapt existing workflows to refine results. Through real-world use cases, we will showcase the benefits of hybrid AI processing, including its ability to decompose complex problems, orchestrate diverse data flows, and achieve superior outcomes. The session will conclude with a summary of results, comparisons with alternative approaches, and insights into future possibilities for hybrid AI pipelines. George Bina is one of the founders of Syncro Soft, the company that develops oXygen XML suite of XML editing, authoring, development, publishing and collaboration tools. He has more than 20 years of experience in working with XML and related technologies, bringing many innovative ideas to reality and contributing to XML-related open-source projects. He presented at many XML, DITA, and technical communication conferences, giving passionate presentations and challenging the technological status quo, trying to get the audience to think outside the box, and re-imagine the future. |
![]() Tuesday, September 16, 2025 | AI Prompt Development with Reuse and Profiling - Alex JitianuAlex Jitianu -
Oxygen XML Editor
The main task when working with AI is the prompt development task. This can be easy for simple tasks, but as soon as you try to use AI for more complex tasks the prompt development becomes more difficult.
If you work with multiple AI engines, then each of them has different best practices for writing prompts, some will offer features such as vision or reasoning, that may not be available for others. If you work on multiple AI actions then, as existing prompt development frameworks also demonstrate, the prompts should be modular, composed of reusable components such as personas, audiences, and styles. These components should be treated as assets – versioned, shared, and reused across multiple prompts and AI workflows. Structured content and DITA in particular are proven technologies that address exactly these problems, they allow for modular, adaptive, and reusable content. Putting together the requirements for non-trivial AI prompts development and what DITA offers, we come to the conclusion that DITA is a best fit for AI prompt development. We will show examples and use cases focusing on the power of reuse and profiling to manage multiple complex AI prompts. Alex Jitianu has over 20 years of experience at Syncro Soft Ltd., the company behind the popular Oxygen XML Editor, where he has held roles such as product evangelist and product manager. Throughout his career, he has focused on XML technologies, the development of technical documentation tools, and, more recently, exploring how AI can be leveraged to enhance documentation projects. |