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IETM Level 4 Development Process -Code and Pixels

An Interactive Electronic Technical Manual (IETM) or Interactive Electronic Technical Publication (IETP) is a type of technical documentation that is written in XML or HTML-5. Interactive Electronic Technical Manuals (IETMs) range from Level 3 to Level 5. We use an IETM authoring tool in our development process for creating glossaries, hot spots, related subject connections, and dynamic hyperlinks.

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Interactive Electronic Technical Manual (IETM) JSG 0852 & S1000D

Code and Pixels Introduction

Code and Pixels Interactive Technologies Private Limited (CNP) is an IETM service provider based in Hyderabad (India).

IETM Services

We have extensive experience in execution of IETMs (INDIAN STANDARD IETM JSG 0852:2001, LEVELS 3,4,5 and European Aviation Standard IETM S1000D, lEVEL4)

Code and Pixels Clients

Partnering with the best to deliver exceptional Quality & Value. We are proud to work with Indian Defence (Army, Navy, and IAF).

Welcome to Code and Pixels

Code and Pixels is the best among the top software development companies in Hyderabad, India. Code and Pixels Interactive Technologies Private Limited (CNP) is an IT service provider based in Hyderabad (India). We provide end-to-end IETM solutions, specialized in the innovative use of technology.

We confidently manage large and complex projects without slipping on delivery deadlines while maintaining the highest standards of quality and efficiency.

Technical Documentation Services

Code and Pixels is the only Company, delivered 50 plus IETMs (Class 3, Class 4, and 5) to Indian defense and many corporates i.e. Tata, L&T, Nova, and Defense labs such as DRDL, RCI, ASL, BDL, ECIL, BEL, and many OEMs.

We assure you that we will deliver IETM as per the end-users expectations adhering to all the standards. We have worked in association with the Naval Technical Group of Navy and also with eMMS team of the Indian Air force and MAG (DRDL) of the Indian Army.

Our experience in delivering 50 Plus projects of IETM will definitely give an edge to your product. We have come across all the hurdles in Project Implementing. IETM looks simple but it has so many challenges while implementing and getting approvals from the client.

Having vast experience, we assure you that we will be your trusted technology partners in delivering IETMs.

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Almost for all the Defense labs and production agencies, we have designed, developed, and installed Interactive Electronic Technical Manual, or Electronic Technical Manual OR Technical Publications (IETP). All these terms refer to IETM Documentations.

We are proud to deliver ARMY IETMs, NAVY IETMs, and Air force IETMs in various cities of INDIA.

We have executed the IETM and CBT projects of OEMs having production centers pan INDIA, in Hyderabad(DRDO, ASL, RCI, BDL, ECIL, BEL) Vishakapatnam, Vizag(HSL), Chennai, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu (ADU, APTARA), Maharashtra, Mumbai(L&T, TATA), Pune(L&T, TATA, Kirloskar), Delhi (SBI, GNU, GIZ, NTPC), Cochin (TIL), Goa(Marine electrical), Kolkata(TIL, Kolkatta University), Bhopal, Utter Pradesh, Lucknow, Noida(SBI, UGC), Gujarat, Surat (PIRAMAL, ANSA DECO), Gandhi Nagar (BOB, INFLIBNET), Kerala, Trivandrum, Bangalore(BEL, Canara Bank, TALLY), Pondicherry(Integra), Gopalpur Cantonment, Odisha (Army AD College).

Proud to be associated with OEMs supplying defense equipment for ARMY, NAVY, and AIR FORCE.

We have developed IETM Framework using open source software hence, no proprietary or licensed software is required to play IETM Viewer, either in Windows Operating systems or in Linux Operating system. The installation process is also very simple and these electronic manuals can be viewed using all the major browsers and all the standard devices i.e. mobiles, tabs, and different size monitors, etc.

Download IETM presentation having information such as “IETM Architecture”, “How to create”, “IETM format”, “S1000D standard”, “Information code list” and about “data module DM” and naming, etc from “download presentations” section of this web site. We have expertise in developing IETM in Indian Defense standard JSG 0852 or European aviation standard S1000D.

We are not JUST a Vendor or Service Provider or S1000D Developers or IETM software developers but we are your trusted partner in the execution of the projects.

Ask for a Live Demo and walkthrough of the IETM software and get the Best quotation to execute the project – gopikrishna@codeandpixels.net or call 09849527706

We need information i.e.

how many pages are to be converted (It means what is the volume or page count of all the manuals which you have prepared).

What is the standard asked for? Indian Standard or S1000D?

About Company

Code and Pixels Interactive Technologies Private Limited (CNP) is an IT service provider based in Hyderabad (India).

Get in touch

ietm@codeandpixels.net

09849527706

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European Standard S1000D, an Unnecessary Expense to OEM? -Code and Pixels

S1000D No one understands the usage but everyone wants it because someone said that it’s the latest.

S1000D vs JSG 0852

S1000D, a white elephant.

JSG 0852 IETM, The hero of Indian standard

Introduction:

This article is useful if you are into technical documentation. IETM is a software that handles the thousands of pages of user manuals and technical manuals and organizes them in a desired manner.

A few years ago OEMs used to deliver Manuals in the form of PDF files on DVD.

It is easier to refer single PDF when an issue arises. But in many cases, the operator needs to refer to multiple PDFs from multiple DVDs, Hence the concept of IETM was introduced and all the manuals were converted to a common database, and in a single click would reach to desired page using IETM viewer for help.

Thus, IETM was evolved. European countries used the S1000D standard similarly Indian defense has framed guidelines and finalized JSG 0852 standard almost 20 years ago. And slowly the guidelines were developed in the latest JSG 0852: 2019 standard is used now.

What is the Current Problem?

Earlier 10 years ago, IETMs were implemented at the ship level which means the Shipbuilding company used to collect all the manuals from OEMs and convert them to IETM JSG 0852 standard. This was a good process.

There used to be a separate big documentation wing in the Shipbuilding companies and they used to manage the documentation and IETMs. Due course of the time, the team got shirked and left with very few young officers who did not have much knowledge about IETMs.

Hence shipbuilding had decided why should they take the burden of IETM development, So, let the OEM deliver IETMs for us. They have kept a clause in all tender documents that OEM also needs to deliver IETMs along with equipment.

Every OEM will have a Technical documentation team and they are used to deliver IETMs. Of course, it was undoubtedly an additional expense to OEM. Even though it was a burden they managed to get the IETMs developed by companies like us ( code and Pixels) and delivered to Shipbuilding.

This is the First Part of the Story.

Now, the real problem is the usability of the IETM. As per the tender clause every OEM used to give one IETM in one DVD. For one war shipbuilding almost 50 OEMs supply 50 DVDs of IETM. And all the 50 IETMs were installed in one machine. The real problem was, each OEM had its own frontend and database version of IETM and its own software and database, interface installation process etc.

And no IETM talks with other IETM. Because they are all standalone IETMs. Of course, Every OEM has followed the JSG 0852 standard only.

For deliverable checklist purposes, IETMs were delivered but for real-time usage, they are not useful.

Then Why S1000D Has Come Into the Picture?

Shipbuilding companies have understood the problem that every OEM IETM is different and they wanted a common IETM.

Internet says S1000D is the latest version of IETM. And few local S1000D companies that have access to Shipbuilding top officers have wrongly educated and influenced them that S1000D is the solution to their problem and they have influenced the top officers and made S1000D mandatory in their tender documents, without understanding the working principle of S1000D.

Both JSG 0852 and S1000D work on a similar principle. JSG uses a SQL database and S1000D uses XML to store the pages.

And if 50 OEMs supply 50 different IETMs of S1000D, still one S1000D IETM does not talk with another S1000D IETM. Because Each S1000D IETM is a separate standalone IETM. Hence there won’t be any communication between one IETM and another IETM.

The problem is not at all addressed by the shipbuilding companies or organizations..

Moreover, OEMs had to spend almost 3 times more cost for S1000D.

Indian Companies Indian Version of S1000D

When the industry demanded for S1000D, all IETM companies wanted to quickly adopt the S1000D.

Local companies understood that S1000D means XML-based IETMs and they started developing XML-based IETMs but not at all real S1000D standards

Now, NO one knows what the original S1000D looks like, hence Shipbuilding has approved Indian versions of S1000D projects.

Neither the S1000D service provider knows what the is S1000D, nor OEM and Shipbuilding companies.

All are playing around with dummy XML-based IETMs and renaming them as S1000D IETMs.

Original and real S1000D has a lot of attributes and these dummy XML IETMs have none and there is no authentic companies to certify them.

Local companies having reach in top Navy officers influenced them and declared themselves as authentic and started certifying S1000D. If you want real certification, then hire European countries that have done real IETM projects.

In a simple example, Local IETM companies made an Indian version of Chinese chicken fried rice.

How the original Chinese chicken fried looks like, none of the clients know, hence they assume that it’s rice and chicken. They mix all Indian ingredients like ginger garlic paste, red chilly powder, and all Indian masalas making an Indian version of fried rice and serving to customers.

When the customer does not know how the real fried rice looks, then the customer assumes that whatever is served is the original and consuming that.

Similarly, Local S1000D companies are serving the Indian version of S1000D to clients and educating them that it is the actual S1000D.

What is the solution then? : The Conclusion :

The solution should be cost-effective/affordable and easy to use.

Only the solution is instead of asking OEMs to supply IETMs ship buildings have to make IETMs on their own. Ship buildings must collect final PDF manuals and convert them to IETMs. Whether you implement S1000D or JSG 0852, usability is the same.

Say no to S1000D because

S1000D requires high-cost software CSDB servers may be in a few crores

The manpower required to handle the S1000D is very costly and high-paid

After all putting money it does not give any more features than the Indian standard IETM.

JSG 0852 – Indian standard IETM

When this standard was made, don’t you think that they thought about implementing S1000D?

This Indian standard is made to suit Indian conditions with matching international features

Indian IETM has loads of features and high flexibility for the user

Very economical (S1000D costs one crore and Indian standard costs a maximum of 10 lakh)

Any fresher with HTML/ javascript can be trained on Indian standards and deployed in the project

The conversion cost per page of Indian standard is 150 then S1000D is more than 450

Looking at the Indian scenario, it is better to go for JSG 0852 than S1000D.

I will conclude by giving a small example. No doubt that Tesla or Lamborghini are the best cars for Europe conditions, but those best cars perform worst in the Indian context. Hence paying crores on the cars and using them on Indian roads is inanity. Choose wisely.

Urge to Shipbuildings:

Let the ship-building organizations take responsibility for IETM conversion whether it is S1000D or JSG 0852 does not matter.

Collect all PDF manuals from OEMs, and convert them using Indian standard IETM which is very economical.

Let IETM not be a part of deliverables in the tender document of OEMs

(Of course, our/ Code and Pixels‘ main business comes from OEMS, if this is implemented we are the first people to become jobless. Still, our main objective is country first. Let the soldiers use the documentation more effectively)

Ultimately, the operator should use IETM in real-time scenarios in the aim of IETM.

What is the point of spending 5 crores on S1000D IETM when the same is delivered more efficiently and effectively by Indian standards for 50 lakhs using Indian standards?

S1000D, a White Elephant.

I wanted to add one more line here. If you are using S1000D IETM then, for life long you need a CSDB studio subscription to edit or update IETMs.

If the life of the IETM is 25 years then one should spend 1 crore every year as a subscription and life-long you need to maintain the S1000D experts in your organization.

Better happily opt for the Indian standard which is functionality-wise better than S1000D and usage-wise very easy and maintenance is free. No subscriptions and in 2 days you can train a fresher and make them handle IETM maintenance works.

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JSG 0852 Indian standard IETM.

Pocket friendly

Easy to buy and easy to use by anyone

No expert required

Many more features than S1000D for user point of view

Most efficient

Zero maintenance

In short, S1000D is a sales pitch to promote their services, like years ago few companies promoted iodized salt or refined oil. They created panic by telling us that if we do not use iodized salt and refined oil, we will die.

Similarly, the S1000D is promoted like that.

There is no urgent or necessity for S1000D in many of the projects. The S1000D was designed for the Aerospace Industries Association of America for a different purpose.

Definitely, it is useful but not for our context.

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European Standard S1000D, an Unnecessary Expense to OEM? -Code and Pixels.

This PDF discusses the costly implementation of the S1000D standard for technical documentation in the Indian defense sector, claiming that it does not increase interoperability. It calls for a return to the more cost-effective JSG 0852 standard, with shipbuilding companies handling IETM conversion to better serve military demands and maintain paperwork from diverse OEMs.

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Similarly, there is no comparison between IETM and CBT. Both are different and both purposes are different. Both are needed but it is replicable with each other. IETM Means technical documentation which deals with your documents/pdfs/manuals and CBT means computer-based Training which comprises Multimedia, i.e. Animations, videos, and voice-over.

For More Visit: http://www.codeandpixels.net/blog/ietm-vs-cbt-which-one-is-better/

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S1000D: Defined, Explained, and Explored

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. (Database). Data Module is the standalone section of the document. For example, let’s assume that one data module is prepared on Operation of GPS and stored in CSDB, then whenever GPS operations are to be reproduced for different aircraft or different systems, simply that Data module can be copied and plugged.

In short, re-usability and the format used is XML, and tags are defined by the S1000D steering committee.

S1000D Basic Principle

Content or data  produced following the standard is in Data Module  

This  data module is the smallest and  self-contained content or data  unit within a technical publication

A data module must have sense and meaning when viewed without any supporting data other than images and diagrams

These  data modules will be  stored and managed in CSDB, Common Source Database.

Using this  CSDB  we can publish  output in a page-oriented or Interactive Electronic Technical Manual.

These Individual data modules are re-usable components and can be used repeatedly in an output.

Benefits of S1000D

Re-usability of data hence reduces production cost

Standardization of data and naming conventions

Open source and non-proprietary

Good for legacy data conversion

Proper documentation and version control management

Zero printing cost and zero occupancies of space as no Hard copies are to be maintained. Achieved by reusing instead of recreating information each time it is required

Easily to maintain  and distribute:  Facilitates transfer of information and electronic output between systems very easily and conveniently

Multiple Vendor support

Fastest reference to operator or maintainer than traditional paper-based documents

Many different output forms can be generated from a single data source i.e. from CSDB we can generate IETM and also PDF format which can be used for printing if need be

Customized Output creation: Allows sub-sets of information to be generated to meet specific user needs and user levels.

S1000D USERS

Military

Air

Land

Maritime

International

Civil/commercial

Aviation

Shipping

Space

Urban

General technology

Others:

Manufacturer

Integrator

Supplier

Suppliers of documentation

Technical service providers

Software vendors

Common information sets provide following data: –

Crew/Operator information

Description and operation

Maintenance information

Wiring data

Illustrated Part Data (IPD)

Maintenance planning information

Mass and balance information

Recovery information

Equipment information

Weapon loading information –

Cargo loading information

Stores loading information

Role change information

Battle damage assessment and repair information

Illustrated tool and support equipment data

Service bulletins

Material data

Common information and data

Training

List of applicable publications

Maintenance checklists and inspections

S1000D Development with Code and Pixels

Having 8 years of experience in handling technical documentation, especially for defense, code and pixels has gained good knowledge on S1000D IETM development

Code and Pixels is associated with US based company in designing and development of S1000d documentation.

Code and pixels has well trained 50 + resources to handle S1000d projects.

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Interactive Electronic Technical Manuals

An interactive electronic technical manual (IETM) is a software to manage technical documentation. IETM is a digital and interactive manual that allows users to work with virtual models of systems and helps users perform common maintenance procedures such as inspection, assembly and disassembly. Code and Pixels Interactive Technologies Private Limited (CNP) is an IT service provider based in Hyderabad (India). We provide end-to-end Software development and IETMs (INDIAN STANDARD IETM JSG 0852:2001, LEVELS 3,4,5 and European Aviation Standard IETM S1000D, Class 4), specialized in innovative use of technology. Contact us today!

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Technical manuals (e.g. maintenance, user, training, operations, etc.) published in electronic format are becoming more and more popular than paper based manuals for their interactivity, convenience and ease of use. Today’s paper-based manual/technical documentation is no longer the optimal choice for delivering information about complex machinery. This type of electronic technical manual is termed as Interactive Electronic Training Manual (IETM).

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IETM for Beginners A Quick Guide to IETM Code and Pixels

IETM: Interactive Electronic Technical Manual

Training Aids to Defence Client

If you are a supplier of defence then along with the system/equipment you also need to provide Training Aids

(CBT) — Computer-Based Training

Charts and Bloups

Video Film

Training Work Modules

Manuals Hard Copies

IETM

Evolution of Documentation in Defence

Before — Hardcopies and PDFs in DVDs (Upto 2015)

What is the meaning of the IETM?

Manual: Manual means any literature organized or written in a prescribed manner to guide the user.

TechnicalManual: This means the literature is technical, like user manuals, maintenance manuals etc. Hard copy

Electronic Technical Manual: This means the manual is available in the form of an electronic version which simply means digital format or softcopy. It can be a PDF file or a database-driven software application.

Interactive Electronic Technical Manual:

Let us first understand the meaning of Interactive. The meaning of interactive is two people or things influencing each other.

Allowing a two-way flow of information between an electronic device /computer and a user; responding to a user’s input.

Involving the actions or input of a user. Especially

It means when the Electronic User manuals Interact and respond with the user, that is you, it will become an Interactive Electronic Technical manual.

Interactive Features

Interactivity

Hyperlinks

Hot Spots

Text hotspot

Image hotspot

VideHotspot

Bookmarks

User wise bookmarks

Navigation

Linear navigation

Non-liner navigation

Page Search

Global search

Best matched

Content tree

Related topics

Core IETM

Documents

Drawings

Annotation

User wise bookmarks

The documents and pages are many hence, for easy and fast accessibility complete content is converted and stored as a database.

Whenever the user wants some information, IETM software produces the information in a fraction of a second.

Use or Purpose of the IETM?

The purpose of the Manual is to give information related to the equipment to the end user for quick reference.

All the technicality is written in detail so that when an issue arises, the user can refer to the manual, as every time OEM or technical person or subject matter expert might not be available on the spot to resolve the issue.

If the manual has 10 pages users can refer easily.

But any system used by the defence will have multiple manuals and thousands of page counts and many times a user has to cross-refer between manuals, intra-manual and inter-manual to resolve the issue.

Referring to 10- 15 hard-copy or even soft-copy books simultaneously will be difficult and time-consuming.

How to access the IETM ?

IETM is a web-based application like our bank software or any other web application. The graphic user interface will be provided to use IETM through which users can interact and get the desired data.

Like all other standard software, Unauthorized users cannot access the IETM. IETM is a Login - login-based application. Only users having valid Login credentials can access the software.

Based on the user log credentials data will be provided to the user.

IETM has 2 types of Users and one Administrator

Maintainer

Operator

If the operator logs in, the user gets all the content related to operator use, similarly if the maintainer logs in only maintenance-related content is visible for that user.

Ideally, all the content is available for both users, because the purpose of the IETM is to refer to the manual to fix the issue.

Administrators can create users who can see the user’s navigation and log-in history and interact with the users using user dashboards through Annotations.

What Inputs are Needed? (From OEM to Create IETM)

All the softcopies of user manuals to be converted to IETM.

All images Videos, and drawings to be integrated into IETM.

Subject matter expert to resolve technical clarifications

Table of contents/tree structure.

Minimum Hardware Requirements?

NO High-end hardware or servers are required to run IETM.

However, if more concurrent users, then a good configuration server with good LAN connectivity must be ensured.

i3 with 8 GB RAM systems is the minimum configuration required for the server or for Node.

Deliverables

BASED DB (Manuals are covered in the Database)

IETM VIEWER Software

User Manual and Installation Manual

Standards — compliance

Costing of IETM: (Interactive Electronic Technical Manual)

Level of IETM, is it Level 3 or Level 4

Cost will be based on the number of pages that are to be converted

The vendor calculates the cost per page. And a fixed cost of IETM viewer software

If you want to create IETM by yourself self then you also need to buy IETM authoring software.

What are these Levels?

Level — 1 is any PDF file

Level — 2 is a PDF file with hyperlinks from the table of contents to the body etc.

Level — 3 is an HTML application. More hyperlinks, simple search, a content tree having log a screen with a hardcoded username and password and supplied in the format of EXE so that Windows can easily open

Level — 4 is Software plus Content/manuals converted as Database

Regarding Level — 5, rest assured, till 2028 it will be Level — 4 only. As of now, there is nothing practically called Level — 5. Few are calling virtual reality and Augmented reality and Artificial intelligence Level — 5.

Pulling data from many user inputs and analyzing and giving results are done in Level — 5. IETM software cannot pull the data from various real-time points as No OEM will give the real-time information to third-party software directly. Yes, if the information is available offline, then that information can be imported into IETM and can be used as a reference.

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Technical documentation software development company in Hyderabad? Learn the effective technical documentation with Code and Pixels. We deliver the excellency in providing training for user hand book, operation manual, manufactured and illustrated spare-part list, blowup charts, IETM and user guide.

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S1000D | Code and Pixels Interactive Technologies Pvt Ltd

S1000D is the European standard for Interactive Electronic Technical publication or technical manual. Code and Pixels is the pioneer in designing S1000D based IETM/IETPs

Code and Pixels is Pioneer in designing and developing of IETMs. Code and pixels are the only company in Hyderabad having strong R&D team exclusively for IETM Interactive Electronic Technical Publication or S1000D is the European standard.

 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. (Database). Data Module is the standalone section of the document. For example, let’s assume that one data module is prepared on Operation of GPS and stored in CSDB, then whenever GPS operations are to be reproduced for different aircraft or different systems, simply that Data module can be copied and plugged.

 In short, re-usability and the format used is XML, and tags are defined by the S1000D steering committee.

 S1000D Basic Principle

 Content or data produced following the standard is in Data Module  

This data module is the smallest and self-contained content or data unit within a technical publication

A data module must have sense and meaning when viewed without any supporting data other than images and diagrams

These data modules will be stored and managed in CSDB, Common Source Database.

Using this CSDB we can publish output in a page-oriented or Interactive Electronic Technical Manual.

These Individual data modules are re-usable components and can be used repeatedly in an output.

 Benefits of S1000D

 Re-usability of data hence reduces production cost

Standardization of data and naming conventions

Open source and non-proprietary

Good for legacy data conversion

Proper documentation and version control management

Zero printing cost and zero occupancies of space as no Hard copies are to be maintained. Achieved by reusing instead of recreating information each time it is required

Easily to maintain and distribute:  Facilitates transfer of information and electronic output between systems very easily and conveniently

Multiple Vendor support

Fastest reference to operator or maintainer than traditional paper-based documents

Many different output forms can be generated from a single data source i.e., from CSDB we can generate IETM and also PDF format which can be used for printing if need be

Customized Output creation: Allows sub-sets of information to be generated to meet specific user needs and user levels.

 JSG 0852:2001 & S1000D

S1000D USERS

·         Military

·         Air

·         Land

·         Maritime

·         International

·         Civil/commercial

·          Aviation

·         Shipping

·          Space

·          Urban

·          General technology

Others:

·         Manufacturer

·          Integrator

·          Supplier

·          Suppliers of documentation

·         Technical service providers

·          Software vendors

Common information sets provide following data: –

·         Crew/Operator information

·         Description and operation

·          Maintenance information

·          Wiring data

·          Illustrated Part Data (IPD)

·         Maintenance planning information

·         Mass and balance information

·          Recovery information

·          Equipment information

·         Weapon loading information –

·          Cargo loading information

·          Stores loading information

·          Role change information

·          Battle damage assessment and repair information

·         Illustrated tool and support equipment data

·         Service bulletins

·         Material data

·         Common information and data

·          Training

·          List of applicable publications

·          Maintenance checklists and inspections

S1000D

S1000D Development with Code and Pixels

·         Having 8 years of experience in handling technical documentation, especially for defense, code and pixels has gained good knowledge on S1000D IETM development

·         Code and Pixels is associated with US based company in designing and development of S1000d documentation.

·         Code and pixels has well trained 50 + resources to handle S1000d projects.

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IETM :- Interactive Electronic Technical Manuals, JSG 0852:2001 is India's defense standard. Code and Pixels is the pioneer in designing IETMs Code and Pixels is Pioneer in designing and developing of IETMs. Code and pixels is the only company in Hyderabad having strong R&D team exclusively for IETM TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION : - JSG 0852:2001 is the document standard defined for Indian IETMs and S1000D is the European standard of IETM/IETP. Code and Pixels has 8 years of experience in dealing with IETMs. Code and Pixels is Pioneer in designing and developing of IETMs. Code and pixels is the only company in Hyderabad having strong R&D team exclusively for IETM

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S1000D: Defined,Explained,Explored

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. (Database). Data Module is the standalone section of the document. For example, let’s assume that one data module is prepared on Operation of GPS and stored in CSDB, then whenever GPS operations are to be reproduced for different aircraft or different systems, simply that Data module can be copied and plugged.

In short, re-usability and the format used is XML, and tags are defined by the S1000D steering committee.

S1000D Basic Principle

Content or data  produced following the standard is in Data Module

This  data module is the smallest and  self-contained content or data  unit within a technical publication

A data module must have sense and meaning when viewed without any supporting data other than images and diagrams

These  data modules will be  stored and managed in CSDB, Common Source Database.

Using this  CSDB  we can publish  output in a page-oriented or Interactive Electronic Technical Manual.

These Individual data modules are re-usable components and can be used repeatedly in an output.

Benefits of S1000D

Re-usability of data hence reduces production cost

Standardization of data and naming conventions

Open source and non-proprietary

Good for legacy data conversion

Proper documentation and version control management

Zero printing cost and zero occupancies of space as no Hard copies are to be maintained. Achieved by reusing instead of recreating information each time it is required

Easily to maintain  and distribute:  Facilitates transfer of information and electronic output between systems very easily and conveniently

Multiple Vendor support

Fastest reference to operator or maintainer than traditional paper-based documents

Many different output forms can be generated from a single data source i.e. from CSDB we can generate IETM and also PDF format which can be used for printing if need be

Customized Output creation: Allows sub-sets of information to be generated to meet specific user needs and user levels.

📷JSG 0852:2001 & S1000DS1000D USERS

MilitaryAir Land Maritime International

Civil/commercialAviation Shipping Space Urban General technology

Others:

Manufacturer

Integrator

Supplier

Suppliers of documentation

Technical service providers

Software vendors

Common information sets provide following data: –

Crew/Operator information

Description and operation

Maintenance information

Wiring data

Illustrated Part Data (IPD)

Maintenance planning information

Mass and balance information

Recovery information

Equipment information

Weapon loading information –

Cargo loading information

Stores loading information

Role change information

Battle damage assessment and repair information

Illustrated tool and support equipment data

Service bulletins

Material data

Common information and data

Training

List of applicable publications

Maintenance checklists and inspections

📷S1000DS1000D Development with Code and Pixels

Having 8 years of experience in handling technical documentation, especially for defense, code and pixels has gained good knowledge on S1000D IETM development

Code and Pixels is associated with US based company in designing and development of S1000d documentation.

Code and pixels has well trained 50 + resources to handle S1000d projects.

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What are the Major Reasons that Companies Adopt S1000D?

Benefits of S1000D

·        Re-usability of data hence reduces production cost

·        Standardization of data and naming conventions

·        Open source and non-proprietary

·        Good for legacy data conversion

·        Proper documentation and version control management

·        Zero printing cost and zero occupancies of space as no Hard copies are to be maintained. Achieved by reusing instead of recreating information each time it is required

·        Easily to maintain and distribute:  Facilitates transfer of information and electronic output between systems very easily and conveniently

·        Multiple Vendor support

·        Fastest reference to operator or maintainer than traditional paper-based documents

·        Many different output forms can be generated from a single data source i.e. from CSDB we can generate IETM and also PDF format which can be used for printing if need be

·        Customized Output creation: Allows sub-sets of information to be generated to meet specific user needs and user levels.

JSG 0852:2001 & S1000D

S1000D USERS

Military

·        Air

·        Land

·        Maritime

·        International

Civil/commercial

·        Aviation

·        Shipping

·        Space

·        Urban

·        General technology

Others:

·        Manufacturer

·        Integrator

·        Supplier

·        Suppliers of documentation

·        Technical service providers

·        Software vendors

Common information sets provide following data: –

·        Crew/Operator information

·        Description and operation

·        Maintenance information

·        Wiring data

·        Illustrated Part Data (IPD)

·        Maintenance planning information

·        Mass and balance information

·        Recovery information

·        Equipment information

·        Weapon loading information –

·        Cargo loading information

·        Stores loading information

·        Role change information

·        Battle damage assessment and repair information

·        Illustrated tool and support equipment data

·        Service bulletins

·        Material data

·        Common information and data

·        Training

·        List of applicable publications

·        Maintenance checklists and inspections

S1000D

S1000D Development with Code and Pixels

·        Having 8 years of experience in handling technical documentation, especially for defense, code and pixels has gained good knowledge on S1000D IETM development

·        Code and Pixels is associated with US based company in designing and development of S1000d documentation.

·        Code and pixels has well trained 50 + resources to handle S1000d projects.

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S1000D XML Conversion Services

Code and Pixels offers S1000D XML conversion services to support aviation and defence companies in authoring and managing technical documents, thus enabling content reuse and multi-channel publishing. Code and Pixels Interactive Technologies Private Limited (CNP) is an IT service provider based in Hyderabad (India). We provide end-to-end Software development and IETMs (INDIAN STANDARD IETM JSG 0852:2001, LEVELS 3,4,5 and European Aviation Standard IETM S1000D, Class 4), specialized in innovative use of technology. Contact us today!

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

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 S1000D Means?

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 do not 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 Association of America (AIA) ATA e-Business Program  These organizations form the S1000D Council Hence, it’s more apt for the Aerospace industry.

Currently, Defense systems – including land, sea, and air products, civil aviation, Ship industry of the US have adopted these standards while making documentation.

Adoption of S1000D

Now Indian Defense system is also trying to adopt S1000D for their documentation activities. When Navy/IAF/Army wants S1000d IETM, it is implied that the navy has CSDB Suit /Local CSDB Server 20- 50 OEMs or Service providers will give S1000d data Modules of various systems and the Navy CSDB Local server will host them and monitor them and does the user management

If the navy does not have a CSDB suit then, still they can run IETM, but a standalone version where no user management will be done by IETM Viewer.(User management will be done by Navy CSDB Local server which hosts all the data modules of various OEMs)

Is S1000D suitable for Smaller Systems?

No. S1000D is not suitable for smaller systems. It’s very apt for the systems which have around 1 lakh pages of documentation and the project has just initiated the documentation.

One Of The Greatest Advantages Of S1000D Is In JSS 0852 IETM, first, documentation has to be done in JSS 251 format, in MS word then IETM activity starts. In S1000D, Separate documentation need not be done. Whatever we do in MS word will be done using s1000d Author software.

Once all the documentation is done, We can simply export them either as PDF or as IETM or XML files with Project manifest file so that these can be deployed in any other S1000d distribution servers/ CSDB studios of navy

Do We Need s1000d?

Well, to be honest, the answer is Yes and NO. It depends on how big is your System/equipment.

S1000d mostly suits to airline industry where every part has a unique number may it be AIRBUS, BOEING BUSINESS JETS, BOMBARDIER AEROSPACE, CESSNA AIRCRAFT. Parts and part numbers are the same.

How Does S1000D Work?

In S1000d documentation, every part is developed as a standalone module/document (data Module). While delivering a document, they compile all data modules and deliver. And all these companies have their own S1000d suit which costs in crores.

They maintain a centralized repository. They maintain their own software which takes care of publishing, document management.

In our context, it won’t suit our needs and purpose. To maintain s1000d, even Clients must have s 1000d CSDB Studio or Server, and all the s1000d publications supplied by various OEMs/ Vendors will sit in that CSDB Server

For that client has to share BREX, business rules to vendors, and guidelines to all vendors so that all the documents will sit properly in the client’s S1000d CSDB Server

This is needed when the system has around 2 lakhs of documents to share.And its commercially very costly solution. If, IETM costs you 20 lakhs then S1000d costs you 80 Lakhs.

If the system is very big, like documentation for the entire Ship /flight, and documentation has just been initiated, then S1000D is the best solution. Because One S1000d is made, then we can export PDFs and also IETM from the same source files.

The Major Advantage Of S1000D

let’s say each ship is built by has 100 OEMs and all 100 OEMs supply IETMS in different formats, then it will be difficult to maintain uniformity.

If all 100 vendors give navy s1000d IETMs then all the IETMs will almost in a similar format.

To achieve this, the Navy must have an S1000d CSDB server with them to host all OEMs received by various vendors.

If the Navy does not have an S1000d CSDB Server with them, then the purpose and  benefits of S1000d cant be achieved

Why CODE AND PIXELS for S1000D?

For the past 7 years, we have been executing IETM projects for Army, Navy, and Air-force in JSG 0852 format.

In 2018, the first time we received an enquiry from a Dubai-based oil and gas firm. We have also come across the s1000d term in various Navy documentation meetings. we have then initiated R&D activities on S1000D Implementation and hired S1000d experts who have worked on various defense Aerospace projects.

we have interviewed 50 members who mentioned s1000d in their profiles. We picked them from LinkedIn. They don’t even know what s1000d is. They were told that the project was s1000d, and they blindly did data entry work on the conversion of word to XML.

We initially tried to develop software for S1000d. We later realised that S1000d is not just making Doc files into XML files. It has thousands of standards of XML tags as mentioned by S1000d documentation. We have searched for an organisation that is already an expert in delivering S1000d solutions. After almost 6 months of evolution, we have done a technical tie-up with one of the best s1000d service provider company. (US-based firm);  We have executed projects in S1000d successfully.