S1000D™ is an international specification for the procurement and production of technical publications, utilising a Common Source Database.

The S1000D standard is supported by the AeroSpace and Defence Industries of Europe (ASD) and the Aerospace Industries Association of America (AIA), and is controlled by the Technical Publications Specification Management Group (TPSMG), which has the full responsibility of maintaining the specification.

Information produced to the S1000D standard is constructed in a modular form, and each unit is called a "data module". This term is defined as "the smallest self contained information unit within a technical publication". A data module must contain enough information to be standalone, in that it must have sense and meaning when viewed without any supporting data other than graphics. All data modules that are applicable to the subject equipment are stored and managed in a database, which is referred to as the Common Source Database (CSDB). Information is not duplicated in the CSDB although individual data modules can be used many times in the output. For more information on how S1000D works, please click : How does S1000D work ?

The organisation and implementation of a CSDB helps provide the single greatest benefit offered by S1000D, which is the ability to re-use data. The same data module can be re-used and re-distributed across different projects or publications. This can bring a tremendous amount of time savings to the authoring process, as data modules are simply "plugged in" to any publication or project documentation as needed. For more information on the benefits of S1000D, please click: S1000D Benefits

Free S1000D Seminar CD

For a free CD of the CDG S1000D Seminar, entitled "How to reduce technical documentation costs and add value for your customers - The Business Case for S1000D™" please visit S1000D Seminar CD  and fill in the form.

Further Information

S1000D specification: http://www.s1000d.org
S1000D information resource: http://www.s1000d.net
CDG S1000D service information: http://www.cdgl.com/table/s1000d/

S1000D™ is a registered trademark of ASD.