S1000D
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S1000D is an international specification for the procurement and production of technical publications. It is an SGML/XML standard for preparing, managing, and using equipment maintenance and operations information. It was initially developed by the AeroSpace and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD) for use with military aircraft. The standard has since been modified for use with land, sea, and commercial equipment. S1000D is maintained by the Technical Publications Specification Maintenance Group (TPSMG), which includes board members from ASD, the United States' Aerospace Industries Association (AIA), and the Air Transport Association (ATA), along with national industry and defence representatives from most of the countries currently using the standard. The standard is free to download and use, although it is recommended that advice be sought on the best methods for implementing an S1000D repository.
What does it stand for?
The S stands for standard, 1000 is inspired by the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) of human knowledge and an exaggeration of the ATA100 civil aviation system, and D stands for Documentation. The DDC was based on the following basis: 10 classes: 100 divisions : 1000 sections.
- 000 General Knowledge
- 100 Psychology & Philosophy
- 200 Religion & Mythology
- 300 Social Sciences
- 400 Languages & Grammar
- 500 Mathematics & Sciences
- 600 Medicine & Technology
- 700 Arts & Recreation
- 800 Literature
- 900 Geography & History
The idea of S1000D was launched as an extension of the ATA100 civil aviation zoning system.[1]
Just as the DDC can classify a publication to one particular leaf of a branching tree of knowledge, so S1000D requires a document to be broken down into individual data items which can be marked with individual XML labels, and be part of a hierarchical XML structure. This permits the updating of single data items without necessarily changing the path down the XML tree which points to them. Knowledge so partitioned and classified can therefore be shared among many publications, and updating of items in the underlying S1000D (XML) document will automatically effect updating of the dependent publications.
An actual XML hierarchy must be designed specifically for each different knowledge domain.
Commercial S1000D Tools
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