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Would you recommend a simple DTD or schema for a simple book like the operators manual in your car? Probably a good Arbortext one out there I just need to stumble across. Trying a commercial book and am trying to get away from the overly-complex Army-type.
Eventually it would be imported into an S1000D system but there is neither the time nor the budget to worry about that now.
Thanks,
John T. Jarrett CDT Senior Tech Writer, Integrated Logistics Support,Land & Armaments/Global Tactical Systems
T832.673.2147 | M 832.363.7234 | F 832.673.2376| x1147 | - BAE Systems, 5000 I-10 West, Sealy, Texas USA 77474 www.baesystems.com
When I need a document to "play" with in Editor, I usually go with the Arbortext-supplied version of Docbook. However, for a project with a little more scope, particularly one intended for the sort of modular maintenance approach espoused by S1000D, I think it would be only moderately more work, initially, to start a DITA bookmap and create concept, reference and task topics as needed. These topics should readily map to S1000D data modules, while the bookmap would be translated to whatever form your S1000D system uses to organize modules into a print publication.
-Brandon
On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 3:49 PM, Jarrett, John T (US SSA) <-> wrote: > Would you recommend a simple DTD or schema for a simple book like the operators manual in your car? Probably a good Arbortext one out there I just need to stumble across. Trying a commercial book and am trying to get away from the overly-complex Army-type. > > Eventually it would be imported into an S1000D system but there is neither the time nor the budget to worry about that now. > > Thanks, > > John T. Jarrett CDT > Senior Tech Writer, Integrated Logistics Support,Land & Armaments/Global Tactical Systems > > T832.673.2147 | M 832.363.7234 | F 832.673.2376| x1147 | - > BAE Systems, 5000 I-10 West, Sealy, Texas USA 77474 > www.baesystems.com >
I agree. Going along with DITA is closer to the S1000D design. It has some quirks of its own and features you would probably want to stay away from if you intend to go to S1000D. The good thing about it is the DITA Open Toolkit. With that you can complie your output to PDF or HTML help without having to buy anything.
Not sure what tools you have from PTC, but if you have PE or digital media publisher you could get similar outputs from that as well. OT will have xsl/xslt stylesheets that you can tweak directly, the PTC products I belive use Styler stylesheets.
..dan
> When I need a document to "play" with in Editor, I usually go with the > Arbortext-supplied version of Docbook. However, for a project with a > little more scope, particularly one intended for the sort of modular > maintenance approach espoused by S1000D, I think it would be only > moderately more work, initially, to start a DITA bookmap and create > concept, reference and task topics as needed. These topics should > readily map to S1000D data modules, while the bookmap would be > translated to whatever form your S1000D system uses to organize > modules into a print publication. > > -Brandon > > > On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 3:49 PM, Jarrett, John T (US SSA) > <-> wrote: >> Would you recommend a simple DTD or schema for a simple book like the >> operators manual in your car? Probably a good Arbortext one out there I >> just need to stumble across. Trying a commercial book and am trying to >> get away from the overly-complex Army-type. >> >> Eventually it would be imported into an S1000D system but there is >> neither the time nor the budget to worry about that now. >> >> Thanks, >> >> John T. Jarrett CDT >> Senior Tech Writer, Integrated Logistics Support,Land & >> Armaments/Global Tactical Systems >> >> T832.673.2147 | M 832.363.7234 | F 832.673.2376| x1147 | >> - >> BAE Systems, 5000 I-10 West, Sealy, Texas USA 77474 >> www.baesystems.com >> >
For the record, these PIs are used by the style panels interface. They are inserted when the FOSI is opened in the FOSI style panels interface and then saved in either interface. PIs are inserted by the FOSI tagged interface.
Suzanne Napoleon "WYSIWYG is last-century technology!" www.FOSIexpert.com
Is the automotive DTD from SAE apparently formerly called J2008 and/or T2008 dead? References in Google show it right up until 2004, then nothing. Not found under that name on their website, either.
John T. Jarrett CDT Senior Tech Writer, Integrated Logistics Support, Land & Armaments/Global Tactical Systems
T 832.673.2147 | M 832.363.7234 | F 832.673.2376 | x1147 | -<">mailto:-> BAE Systems, 5000 I-10 West, Sealy, Texas USA 77474 www.baesystems.com
I think I have a copy. I'll dig it out and send it to you when I find it.
Liz
On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 7:48 AM, Jarrett, John T (US SSA) <-> wrote: > Is the automotive DTD from SAE apparently formerly called J2008 and/or T2008 > dead? References in Google show it right up until 2004, then nothing. Not > found under that name on their website, either. > > > > John T. Jarrett CDT > > Senior Tech Writer, Integrated Logistics Support, Land & Armaments/Global > Tactical Systems > > > > T 832.673.2147 | M 832.363.7234 | F 832.673.2376 | x1147 | > - > > BAE Systems, 5000 I-10 West, Sealy, Texas USA 77474 > > www.baesystems.com > > ----------