The LavaCon Content Strategy Conference | 5–8 October 2025 | Atlanta, GA
Helen St. Denis

Helen joined Stilo as a technical editor. She now works closely with Stilo Migrate customers, helping them to analyze their legacy content and configure appropriate mapping rules. She also provides Migrate customer training and support. Helen has helped Migrate customers to convert tens of thousands of pages of content to DITA and custom XML. Helen holds a BA in English from St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, and has pursued graduate studies at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario.

Making Choices when Migrating Content

DITA is very versatile, but it’s not prêt-à-porter. There are many choices to be made about how your DITA must be produced. Before you begin converting your existing content to DITA, these decisions should be made and understood. In this session, Helen St. Denis will talk about how to make and understand these decisions.