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…
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…
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…
So the S1000D User Forum 2019 will be in BREXIT Britain! A question I have been asked a great deal over the last few months is if I am planning on attending the S1000D User Forum in London. In this vLog/Podcast I talk about why I think it is an excellent event to attend if…
Support Engineering (or arguably lack of it) has been under the spotlight recently. A quick Google will identify expensive platforms that have had significant engineering challenges. Some of these issues encountered could point to a lack of support engineering process or understanding of what is needed to ensure platforms avoid such matters. In this podcast,…
Selecting the right S1000D software tools for your projects and organisations can be fraught with obstacles and longterm minefields. A significant part of my working day is advising clients on the best and appropriate software for their technical documentation requirements, including S1000D, ATA and DITA support. Over the years, I have developed a bit of…
As I embark on a round of central European training and consultancy sessions, let us have a little fun, I will take you along with me and answer some of the questions that you have sent in to us at Tech Data World. This first mini-series I will look at some of the things I…
