RE: Training for FrameMaker 10 and S1000D
Hi Nadine, Thank you for the recommendation for our training. At the moment, we're not offering S1000D/FrameMaker 10 training. This is something we are working toward offering in the future. Sincerely, Veronica Kütt President Front Runner Training, a Div. of Front Runner Publishing Solutions Inc. 416-515-0155 Call Toll free: 1-877-999-0155 veron...@front-runner.com -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Writer Sent: November-22-11 7:04 PM To: Owen, Clint; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Training for FrameMaker 10 and S1000D You might want to contact Front Runner in Toronto (http://www.front-runner.com/). I don't see course for that on their Web site, but they might be able to help you in some way. Nadine - Original Message - From: Owen, Clint clint.o...@craneaerospace.com To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Cc: Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 6:49:55 PM Subject: Training for FrameMaker 10 and S1000D T o 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/163305 413682908 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. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as generic...@yahoo.ca. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/generic668%40yahoo.ca Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as veron...@front-runner.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/veronica%40front-runner. com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers
Re: Training for FrameMaker 10 and S1000D
You might want to contact Front Runner in Toronto (http://www.front-runner.com/). I don't see course for that on their Web site, but they might be able to help you in some way. Nadine - Original Message - From: Owen, Clint clint.o...@craneaerospace.com To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Cc: Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 6:49:55 PM Subject: Training for FrameMaker 10 and S1000D T o 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. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as generic...@yahoo.ca. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/generic668%40yahoo.ca Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Training for FrameMaker 10 and S1000D
We've looked at providing S1000D training and support, but haven't been clear on the business case for entering this market. The blocking factors for small training companies appear to be (from my perspective): - Organizations that deploy S1000D are usually very large. They have their own particular purchasing infrastructure, with their own (also typically large) preferred vendors. - The Defense community (where S1000D prevails) is close-nit. Again, the players prefer their own set of vendors, and its relatively difficult to enter this community of players from the outside (without having prior experience and connections in Defense). - Working with the Defense community presents formidable and costly roadblocks (like required security clearances). If my experience does not ring true with others (practitioners or vendors) I'd love to hear from you. Mekon in the UK has extensive experience with S1000D and FrameMaker. I'm not aware of this combination of experience in North America. You might look for S1000D training from one of the North America-based companies in this space (Inmedius, O'Neill and Associates, Hebco come to mind in the U.S.), and hire a trainer/consultant to customize the FrameMaker 10 S1000D support to meet your particular workflow and business requirements. -Alan --- Alan Houser Group Wellesley, Inc. Consultant and Trainer, Technical Publishing Vice President, Society for Technical Communication arh on Twitter 412-450-0532 (Google Voice) On 11/22/2011 6:49 PM, Owen, Clint wrote: 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. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as a...@groupwellesley.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/arh%40groupwellesley.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.