Re: [xml-dev] what's missing in XML? What's coming?

[cbullard@hiwaay.net]

Which is why I say "rumors".  If S1000D is taking hold, I would expect  
it to be Navair first given a historic record as early adopters with a  
strong IETM community, so that is good news.

I'm told that the guidance doc for 2361 was about eight years in the  
making.  I hear hopeful mutterings about S1000D but the lag time is  
considerable as you say.  It is also organizational.  When the TMs  
cost as much as they do, one would think there are some good  
opportunities here.  It is not much of a  challenge to turn a 40051-C  
doc into a good IETM straight out of the delivered data and some do  
that.

So I am also a bit surprised.  Turns out one of the obstacles is the  
field level folk usually don't have the delivery devices so they  
continue to rely on paper.  Also, they can get their hands on the PDFs  
and as long as the hyperlinking is enabled, they are ok with that.

len

Quoting dvint@dvint.com:

>> As far as I can tell from this seat, Andrew, S1000D hasn't taken hold in
> the US armed forces.   Some are even talking about turning away from
> anything beyond basic IETMs (page turners).
>
> I've just been involed with 3 different companies all using S1000D for
> their newest deliverables. these include Air Force, NavSea and NavAir
> deliverables. NavSea has efforts to standardize around a toolset and
> NavAir is building the NSIV viewer for their standard implementation
> environment. I don't know what percentage of use is out there, but it
> seems that new efforts at least make an effort to go S1000D. With so many
> systems lasting years though, paper and other mil spec efforts far
> outweigh the S1000D implementations.
>
> I also just came back to the defense world having left the CALS efforts
> around '96 and was surprised to see that things hadn't really changed. It
> seems with S1000D there is a hope of doing this right with more people
> than just the defense sector designing and implmenting the approach and
> tools, so that seems to be an improvement. I am surprised at the state of
> IETMS and the various tools and approachs taken (S1000D or other).
>
> ..dan
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