
Standards such as S1000D, MIL-SPEC and ATA iSpec 2200 are being used for civil and defense aviation documentation around the globle.
Whether by mandate or to take advantage of the many benefits of structured content, use of an XML standard specifically designed for the aerospace and defense communities helps to speed adoption and fosters greater collaboration among suppliers, distributors and contractors.
Different standards have evolved in the aerospace and defense sectors which have more precise requirements:
Structuring content eliminates the problem of writing and translating
the same information over and over again.
Businesses that structure content properly are realizing enormous cost savings, efficiency gains and business benefits.
To take advantage of the benefits of structured content, most organizations today
are adopting one of the XML standards that have been developed to make adoption easier.
Standards such as S1000D, MIL-SPEC and ATA iSpec 2200 are being used for civil and defense aviation documentation around the globle.
Before such XML standards were available, organizations had to develop their own XML standard called a “custom DTD.”
The adoption of structured authoring is an education process that involves people, process and technology changes.