This course provides technical authors, writers and content creators with the initial understanding of authoring in a structured environment using the S1000D provided XML schema’s.
This course is aimed at Technical Writing \ Authoring Team Leads, Technical Writers \ Authors and Technical Content Creators.
This course provides the basic understanding and knowledge to be able to author an S1000D XML data module. The information that is covered is:
The course take a look at both the mandatory and optional requirements of a data module and how the structure is derived from the supporting schema.
For each section, there will be exercises that you will be able to complete in your own authoring tool. After completing the exercies, you will be required to submit them to the trainer who will be able to review your content. You will be able to move onto the next topic. The final exercise is to produce a Descriptive Data Module.
Note: TIM Consulting is not a supplier of software tools and does not recommend specific tools. It is recommended that the learner conduct some research into the tools of their employing organsiation and other options prior to beginning this course.
This course is aimed at Technical Writing \ Authoring Team Leads, Technical Writers \ Authors and Technical Content Creators.
Estimated Course Duration is 2 Hours
On completion of this course, the learner will be able to:
On completion of all course modules, the final consolidation exercise will be to author a Descriptive Data Module consisting of many or all of the elements covered in the modules.
S1000D is a specification that has been designed specifically for technical publications for the aviation and defence industries. Although the specification has been developed for these industries, the use of S1000D in other industries is also true. How this specification can be used in any industry may be limited by your own imagination.
In this course you will be introduced to S1000D to start you on your journey of using S1000D. This course will not identify any specific software solution that could be considered for the project.
The course will look at the information provided in the 3500 pages of the S1000D specification and help you to understand what is involved to use S1000D for the project. You will start with the basic introduction to the specification and continue through to what types of publications you need to consider for the final deliver.
Many of the points that are included in the course may be incorporated into your organisation. The core difference is that we document the information for S1000D to formalise the information.
As stated, this is the start of your journey and TIM Consulting hope the help you through this process. Make sure that you have a copy of the S1000D Specification, if you don’t already have this its available from the S1000D website under downloads.
