ConVEx Pittsburgh · April 13–15, 2026

Intelligent Content.
Adaptive Workflows.

Meet SiteFusion at ConVEx Pittsburgh — the leading XML-based content management platform for technical documentation professionals.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
April 13–15, 2026
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🎤 Technology Test Kitchen
The Missing Layer: Process Orchestration for Content That Actually Ships
Mario Kandler & Colin O'Neil · SiteFusion — How BPMN-driven workflows close the gap between authoring and publishing.
Live Monday, April 13 · 3:00–3:45 PM · Technology Test Kitchen
🗄️ MarkLogic
XML-Native Database
Semantic search & knowledge graphs
⚙️ Camunda
BPMN Workflows
Automated publishing pipelines
The Challenge

Sound familiar?

Technical documentation teams face the same challenges — fragmented tools, manual workflows, and content locked in publishing silos.

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XML & DITA Content Silos

Content stored in disconnected systems, impossible to reuse across products and output channels.

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Manual Review & Approval Loops

No visibility into who approved what and when. Review cycles stretch from days to weeks.

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Multi-Channel Publishing Pain

Separate workflows for PDF, web, and mobile. The same content maintained three times.

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Weak Search & Findability

Relational databases that can't handle complex XML structures or semantic relationships.

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Integration Dead-Ends

Tools that don't talk to each other — no APIs, no event triggers, no end-to-end automation.

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Zero Process Visibility

No way to track content through its lifecycle. Bottlenecks are invisible until deadlines are missed.

🎤 Technology Test Kitchen · ConVEx Pittsburgh

Our session
April 13, 3:00 PM

Most content teams have solid DITA structures — but content still gets stuck in review, approval, and publishing bottlenecks. This session reveals the missing layer: process orchestration.

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Monday, April 13, 2026 · 3:00–3:45 PM
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Technology Test Kitchen
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Mario Kandler & Colin O'Neil · SiteFusion
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45 min · Technology Test Kitchen Session
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Technology Test Kitchen · ConVEx Pittsburgh

The Missing Layer: Process Orchestration for Content That Actually Ships

Most content teams have great authoring tools and solid DITA structures — but content still gets stuck. The missing layer is process orchestration: knowing where every piece of content is, who's responsible for it, and what happens next. This session shows how BPMN-driven workflows close the gap.

Mario Kandler
Mario Kandler Founder · SiteFusion ProConsult LinkedIn
Colin O'Neil
Colin O'Neil Principal Consultant · SiteFusion LinkedIn
Technology

Three pillars.
One platform.

SiteFusion integrates best-of-breed technologies into a unified content & workflow platform — built specifically for structured content professionals.

FontoXML – Efficient XML Editing

Authoring

Browser-based XML editor that lets technical writers create DITA content without local tooling — intuitive, fast, and deeply integrated with SiteFusion CMS.

  • 100% browser-based XML / DITA authoring
  • No local software installation required
  • Real-time collaborative editing
  • Configurable DITA specializations
  • Integrated review & comment workflows
MarkLogic – XML Database

Storage & Search

Enterprise-grade NoSQL/XML database with built-in semantic search, RDF triplestore, and knowledge graph capabilities — the ideal foundation for structured content at scale.

  • Native XML / JSON document storage
  • Full-text & semantic search built-in
  • RDF triplestore & knowledge graphs
  • ACID transactions at enterprise scale
  • Flexible content model — no rigid schema
Camunda – BPMN Workflow Engine

Processes & Workflows

Industry-standard BPMN 2.0 engine for modeling and automating every editorial and technical process — from content review to multi-channel publishing.

  • Visual BPMN 2.0 process modeling
  • Automated org. & technical tasks
  • User-editable workflows — no code needed
  • Full audit trail & process visibility
  • Triggers for publish, review, archive
Workflow in Action

From authoring to
published output

A typical SiteFusion content lifecycle — fully automated, fully auditable, and configurable without writing a single line of process code.

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Author

Technical writer creates structured DITA content in Fonto — directly in the browser.

Fonto
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Store

Content saved to MarkLogic with full metadata, versioning, and semantic indexing.

MarkLogic
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Review

Camunda BPMN triggers review workflow — assigned, tracked, and approved automatically.

Camunda
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Approve

Approval step with full audit trail — who approved what, and when.

Camunda
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Publish

Simultaneous output to PDF, web portal, and mobile — from a single source of truth.

Multi-Channel

BPMN-Driven Publishing — Fully Configurable

Every step in your content lifecycle can be modeled visually using BPMN 2.0. Business users can adjust workflows without developer intervention — and every change is tracked.

Visual Process Modeling Automated Triggers User Task Assignment Full Audit Trail API Integration
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Use Cases

Built for your workflow

Whether you're managing DITA libraries, automating review cycles, or publishing to five channels — SiteFusion has you covered.

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DITA Component Management

Manage thousands of reusable DITA topics, maps, and modules in a single XML-native repository with granular version control and semantic search.

MarkLogic + Fonto
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Automated Review & Approval

Replace email-based review loops with Camunda-powered BPMN workflows. Assign, track, escalate, and archive — all automated and auditable.

Camunda BPMN
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Single-Source Multi-Channel Publishing

One DITA source, multiple outputs: print-ready PDF, web help portal, mobile documentation — published simultaneously with a single workflow trigger.

Full Pipeline
Why Trust Us

20 years of content
technology expertise

SiteFusion ProConsult brings two decades of publishing technology experience to the North American market — trusted by publishers, enterprises, and documentation teams.

MarkLogic
XML Database Partner
Camunda
BPMN Workflow Partner
Fonto
XML Authoring Partner
DeltaXML
XML Compare & Merge
Antenna House
PDF Publishing
20+
Years of Experience
100%
XML-Native Architecture
5
Premium Tech Partners
1
Platform. Full Lifecycle.
Pittsburgh · April 13–15

Meet us
at ConVEx

Whether you want to see a live demo, discuss your specific content challenges, or just say hello — we'd love to connect in Pittsburgh.

Mario Kandler & Colin O'Neil
SiteFusion ProConsult · Pittsburgh, April 13–15

Attend the Session

Monday, April 13 · 3:00–3:45 PM · Technology Test Kitchen
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ConVEx Pittsburgh 2026

April 13–15 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The premier event for content developers
in its 28th year.

📍 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
🗓️ April 13–15, 2026
🏷️ Booth: SiteFusion ProConsult
✉️ [email protected]
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