Interactive Electronic Technical Publications (IETPs)

The How of S1000D

One of the most beneficial aspects of S1000D is the focus on electronic delivery through Interactive Electronic Technical Publications. Through IETP, S1000D fully supports multimedia content such as locator graphics, animations, simulations, hot-spots, wire highlighting, intelligent hydraulics, video, audio, digital photographs, 3D models, virtual task training, and more. These types of content provide just-in-time training at the exact point when a technician is preparing to perform a task and takes technical documentation to a whole new level.

Because S1000D contains a rich applicability model, IETPs can filter content the user sees at runtime based on the equipment being serviced, skill level, environmental conditions, and other criteria.

IETPs can be integrated with other systems, such as parts inventory. In this way, a technician can simply click on a part number in the illustrated parts list to access inventory or order new parts.

S1000D even provides a specific construct for fault isolation in an IETP called a “Process Data Module”. The process data module allows a user to interact with information in an IETP to dynamically work through fault isolation processes.

To learn more about SDL's IETP read about SDL LiveContent.