S1000D Help
S1000D is a free to download international specification for the procurement and production of technical publications. It started out as a European specification and was originally known as European Association of Aerospace Industries (AECMA) but it is currently maintained by the S1000D Steering Committee, which includes:
- European Aeronautics, Space, Defence and Security Industries (ASD)
- Aerospace Industries Association (AIA)
- Airlines for America (A4A) - Formerly Air Transport Association of America (ATA)
The Steering Committee also includes national industry and defence representatives from most of the countries currently using the specification.
The specification requires information to be created as an individual data item, called a Data Module, using SGML or XML and each Data Module contains both technical information and metadata. Individual Data Module's and any associated content (illustrations, multimedia, training packages etc) are stored and maintained in a Common Source Database (CSDB). The CSDB usually provides work-flow task management and Data Module validation and version control.
S1000D Issues
The table below provides a top level overview of the different S1000D Issues...
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| 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 6 |
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S1000D Doctypes
- Applicability cross-ref table
- Crew/ AirCrew
- Illustrated Parts Data
- Service Bulletin
- Business Rules Exchange
- Description
- Product cross-ref table
- Schedule
- Common Repository
- Fault/ AirFault
- Procedure
- Wiring Data
- Condition cross-ref table
- Front matter
- Process
- Wiring Fields
S1000D Publishing
An S1000D Publication is created by combining multiple Data Modules into a Publication Module. The Publication Module is then built into an S1000D Interactive Electronic Technical Publication (IETP) which means it is possible to make use of illustration hotspotting, video media, 3D models and any other multimedia content included in the Data Modules. The same Publication data (single-source) can also be built into a PDF file for Publications where there is a requirement for Page-oriented output.
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