To anyone offering FrameMaker training: S1000D is a documentation standard that was developed in Europe for military use, but is now being widely adopted by Aerospace companies around the world. Theoretically, it's a framework to create any kind of documentation, from paper parts lists to maintenance procedures with 3D graphics on your iPhone, all from information modules stored in a central database. It's a nice vision of the future, but getting from here to there is the big (expensive) problem.
FrameMaker 10 seems to have quite a lot of S1000D support built in, such as the means to interact with a common source database and the ability to validate data modules against business rules, etc., but we are having trouble making any practical use of it. Is anyone offering a course yet on using FrameMaker to support an S1000D implementation? We have been to some free seminars and watched plenty of Webinars, but they were mostly sales pitches on the benefits of the standard without any practical value. We need to move ahead with a real solution, because we have customers that are starting to request documentation that meets the new standard. I would love to hear from any of you trainers about what resources you have available. We would really like to keep using FrameMaker as the basis for our documentation, rather than start with something completely new. It would be a big plus if the training was available in the Seattle area. Thanks, Clint Clint Owen | Sr. Technical Writer | Crane Aerospace & Electronics | +1 425 743 8674 | Fax: +1 425 743 8113 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new Crane Aerospace & Electronics Newsroom! http://newsroom.craneae.com Like us on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/Crane-Aerospace-Electronics/163305413682908 We value your opinion! How may we serve you better? Please click the survey link to tell us how we are doing: http://www.craneae.com/ContactUs/VoiceofCustomer.aspx Your feedback is of the utmost importance to us. Thank you for your time. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Crane Aerospace & Electronics Confidentiality Statement: The information contained in this email message may be privileged and is confidential information intended only for the use of the recipient, or any employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the intended recipient. Any unauthorized use, distribution or copying of this information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately and destroy the original message and all attachments from your electronic files. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
