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S1000D Authoring & Conversion Services
Overview
S1000D Authoring & Conversion
We author and convert technical publications in <a href="/standards/s1000d" class="font-semibold text-gold hover:underline">S1000D</a> for aerospace and defense programs: new data modules written from engineering data, legacy libraries converted into a common source database, and the business rules that keep both consistent. We work across Issues 2.1 through Issue 7, and to the business rules layered on top, including <a href="/standards/mil-std-3031" class="font-semibold text-gold hover:underline">MIL-STD-3031</a> for the U.S. Army and <a href="/standards/ata-spec-1000br" class="font-semibold text-gold hover:underline">ATA Spec 1000BR</a> for civil aviation.
What we do:
- Data module authoring from engineering data: descriptive, procedural, fault isolation, process, and illustrated parts data
- Legacy conversion of SGML and word-processor libraries into data modules
- Business rules, BREX, and SNS: written for your program, or applied as your customer issues them
- DMRL planning and data module coding
- Applicability for products built in more than one configuration
- Publication modules and output: page-based PDF, IETM, and portal delivery from one source
How a project runs:
- We start from what your contract cites: the issue, the business rules, the DMRL, and any tailoring, because those decisions set the size of the work.
- For conversion, we sample the library before quoting. The bulk converts predictably; the cost lives in the exception structures.
- Every data module is validated against the issue's schemas and your BREX before delivery.
- We work in the CSDB you already have, or help you choose one if you are starting out.
Building an S1000D team in house? We train authors and project leads in the specification, against their own content.
FAQ
Questions We Hear
What do S1000D services include?
Authoring new data modules from engineering data, converting legacy manuals into S1000D, writing the business rules and BREX a program runs on, planning the DMRL, and building publications from the finished modules. Most projects need some of each: even a conversion needs business rules, and even new authoring needs a plan for how the data will be published.
Which S1000D issue should we author to?
The one your contract or customer specifies. Programs usually stay on the issue they started with, because moving a library between issues is a project of its own. Where you do have a choice, the differences between issues are worth weighing before the first data module is written.
How long does an S1000D conversion take?
It depends on the size of the library and how consistent the source is, which is why we sample before estimating. Well-structured SGML converts largely by script; inconsistent word-processor files need more analysis and hand work. The sample shows which kind of library you have.
Can you work with the business rules our customer issues?
Yes. Defense and civil programs often issue their own business rules and BREX, built on MIL-STD-3031, ATA Spec 1000BR, or a national set. We author to them as issued, and where a rule is ambiguous we raise it with the customer rather than guess.
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