TDW-Live#9 – During November this 2019 TDW hosted the annual TDW-Live event, gathering together with like-minded professionals from the field of aerospace, defence and space product support. The event which is hosted over three days and kicking off with a workshop day focuses on practical applications of modern technical information production and deployment methodologies. The…
Condition Based Maintenance Plus – At the S1000D User Forum we took the time to speak with Bob Hogg from SDL. SDL presented on the topic of Condition Based Maintenance Plus (CBM+) and specifically how SDL is connecting the platform to the technical publication through the IoT and Health Monitoring Systems. Watch the full video…
GPSL acquires S1000D capability from PTC – During my visit to the S1000D User Forum in London, I took the opportunity to sit with Jeff Stevenson, Vice President Pre-Sales at GPSL. At the event, GPSL announced a significant acquisition of Windchill based S1000D capability from PTC. Jeff and I chatted about what this means for…
During my visit to the S1000D User Forum in London, I took the opportunity to sit with Jeff Stevenson, Vice President Pre-Sales at GPSL. At the event, GPSL announced a significant acquisition of Windchill based…
Create S1000D DMRL for Component Manufacturers – Component manufacturers are often required to create an S1000D DMRL (Data Management Requirement List) or if you prefer and are old school, Data Module Requirement List. Whatever we decide to call it, the role of the DMRL is primarily one that provides clarity and visibility to all project…
Structuring an S1000D Publication Module or S1000D Component Maintenance Publication is a task that I have to perform regularly. Often I am asked to put something together so a client can visualise how their S1000D Data Modules will be structured in output or deliverable. In this tutorial, I show you a tool that I use…
This week following on from my NotePad++ S1000D Compare tutorial, I look at how I work with S1000D XML on my MacBookPro. I know a number of my clients like to work with MAC OS so here is a tool that can help you along your journey. Often when I am travelling I am asked…
This week’s Tech Data World Podcast – an Interview with STE expert Ciaran Dodd – we talk about the differences between STE and other similar approaches as well as why Ciaran gets so excited about…
Compare S1000D structures for FREE Compare S1000D structures for FREE – One of our [technical authoring] day-to-day tasks especially when working with S1000D XML or indeed any other XML structures, is the ability to compare XML documents quickly and easily. Often there may be some changes hidden deep within XML structures that are really difficult…
This week the S1000D community released the 5.0 release of the specification. I took the time to take a look at some of the highlights and how I think they will affect our S1000D projects now and going forward. There are a couple of items that I spotted that make sense and one or two…
