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What Topic Means
Topic-based authoring means writing pieces that make sense on their own, rather than chapters that depend on what came before them. It is the precondition for reuse: content that assumes context cannot be moved.
The discipline is editorial rather than technical. Tools can enforce that a topic exists; only a writer can ensure it does not begin with the word 'therefore'.
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An open XML architecture for topic-based technical content, built around typed topics, maps that assemble them, and specialization.
Data ModuleThe unit of content in S1000D: a self-contained piece of information, valid on its own, stored once in the CSDB and identified by a data module code.
Single-SourcingWriting content once and generating every deliverable from it, so a change made in one place reaches every output that uses it.
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