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What is Interactive Electronic Technical Manual (IETM) and How Does it Work?

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  Yesterday, We have received a call, “Can you develop IET Manuals for our System?”, and we said Yes, We have been doing it for 8 years. Immediate question was, can you share 10 pages of the sample   Interactive Electronic Technical Manual (IETM) ? IETM is a Software/ Web Application Having Database We would like to clarify here that, of course, the IETM name indicates technical manual, but actually it is not any document i.e. PDF, MS Word, or another document format. It’s a software/Web Application where all the manuals are dynamically hyperlinked using an SQL database. You may call it a Web Application, Software having Database (SQL CSDB, Common Source DataBase) As the name suggests, it’s interactive and used in electronic devices i.e. systems, PDAs, etc. IETM Explained in Simple Terms Not clear yet, let me put it in another way.  When we purchase a Car, we get a user Hard copy of the manual has some 1000 pages. Similarly, when OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer)...

S1000D – Why Do We Need it and How Does it Work?

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  S1000D is A new buzz word in the technical publishing world. New word? Not exactly new, but surely it’s a new word in Indian Defence Technical Publishing segment. What is S1000D S1000D  is an Interactive Electronic Technical Publishing IETP. Of course, it’s also called IETM too. S1000d  is not new but very few Indian companies, which support documentation of foreign Airline documentation are similar to S1000d word. But almost 90% of the people who do S1000d conversation don’t know what S1000d is. Few tools available in the market which are used to make XML files But they are not an  IETM  creating tool, Just XML conversion tools. After converting to XML, they send to foreign airlines company, where they foreign airline companies plug-in theses XML into their S1000d suits. S1000D History In Brief A few years back S1000d is mainly used in the Aerospace segment, because S1000d is basically governed by Steering Committee formed by ASD, Aerospace Industries Associa...

S1000D: Defined, Explained, and Explored

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  What is S1000D? S1000D is the European standard of technical publications or technical documentation being followed in Aerospace since 1980, which uses CSDB, a Common source database which is used for preparing, managing, and publishing technical information for a warship, or Aerospace, or even Civil airlines too. The first release of the  S1000D  Specification was in 1989 and in August 2019 the latest 5 Issue was release  An airplane or ship is built with thousands of components, sub-components and navigation equipment, and many more. Hence, these components are supplied by many OEMs (Original equipment manufacturers). OEMs make the documents to their own standards. Each document and format is entirely different because all OEMs don’t maintain similar standards. At that point, the Technical Publications Specification Maintenance Group (TPSMG) was formed. They proposed a DM-based (Data Module) Based structure. TO manage these Data modules CSDB was maintained. (Data...

Brief Outline of IETM

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  IETM  or  Interactive electronic Technical Manual as the name indicates, it is a Manual which is interactive and in the form of electronic/digital. Then  PDF  file is also electronic/digital, will that be called IETM ? Yes, undoubtedly PDF is also IETM. It’s Level 2  IETM . I need to give an example so that u can understand better about Levels. . Every one of us must have played digital games. In that, we need to cross various levels. The first level would be simple, the second little difficult, and 3rd level more challenging and 4th Level tough. Question is, why this documentation is required? Along with phone or vehicle or any household gadgets, we get a user manual because, in case we have any trouble while using, we can refer to the manual and resolve the issue, without connecting to OEM or service center as might not be  available 24 X7 . Hence, these documents should be in simple language and easy to navigate, and easy to reach any point in few...

IETM – Infographics – Code And Pixels

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IETM  stands for  Interactive Electronic Technical Manual  Services which are classified as Level 1, Level 2, Level 3, Level 4 and Level 5.  IETM   is the replacement of paper work which is equivalent for a paper- based presentation. What is Interactive Electronic Technical Manual (IETM) and How Does it Work? IETM is a Software/ Web Application Having Database IETM Explained in Simple Terms What Does Ietm Stand For? What Is Interactive Electronic Technical Manual (ietm) Ietm Level Iv | Interactive Electronic Technical Manual - Code And Pixels Ietm Level Iv | Interactive Electronic Technical Manual                  Ietm's Design | Ietm Development How Interactive Electronic Manuals Improve Productivity Interactive Electronic Technical Manuals -code And Pixels The Interactive Electronic Technical Manual: Requirements Interactive Electronic Technical Manual Interactive Electronic Technical Manual Software What Is Interac...