Why is S1000D the right choice for you?
Learn about S1000D from Svante Ericsson, Senior Consultant at CORENA and S1000D expert.
"S1000D is used extensively all over the world to ensure that the technical documentation meets the requirements of a complex product during its entire life-cycle. Initially the concept was adopted by aerospace manufacturing industries but the recent issues of S1000D also serve the needs of many other industries, such as shipping, rail, and energy.
If long system life-cycles, flexibility, interoperability, maintainability, and safety are crucial factors in your business - S1000D is most likely the right choice also for you!”, says Svante Ericsson.
Break down, build and reuse
The most significant characteristic of the S1000D concept is the way the information is structured in modules. Data modules, including illustrations etc. are created and managed in an S1000D Common Source Data Base (CSDB). Based on XML and other international standards, the information in the data modules can be disseminated to the end users in page format or as fully interactive publications, all supported by functionality provided in S1000D.
The S1000D way of structuring the information into data modules ensures efficient creation, maintenance, exchange, validation, and delivery of the information in a cooperative environment were OEMs, contractors, sub-contractors and integrators all contribute to the end result.
Benefits
- A complete tech pub concept that seamlessly plugs into almost any environment.
- Multichannel publishing to paper as well as web and IETP based electronic publications thus reducing the overall cost of producing technical documentation
- Optimized interoperability and data quality through a standardized exchange of information between contributors such as sub-suppliers, main contractors, and customers.
- Ensures quality through formalized mechanisms to document and exchange implementation and production characteristics.
- Maximizes reuse capability of content thus reducing the time needed to maintain and create new documents while increasing document accuracy.
- Links between product configuration and information secures synchronization through changes in the life-cycle perspective.
A proven concept for the future
S1000D is an open specification where you as a user can influence its future. It is continuously enhanced to meet emerging use case and technology needs. And there is no risk to adopt it - you will not be left by yourself! There are numerous others who already possess efficient and profitable implementations of S1000D, a guarantee that the next implementation is likely to become another case of success.