Common Source Data Base
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A Common Source Database (CSDB) is to provide the user (mainly technical authors, illustrators, and publication managers) with automated processes to handle the complete palette of CSDB objects. Technical documentation is used in many areas of the everyday life. Product liability and many other issues regarding consumer protection have to be covered inside technical documentation. At minimum, a drawing including a few locators has to be provided. Much of this information is in accordance with the international specification for technical documentation S1000D.
A Common Source Database (CSDB) is to provide the user (mainly technical authors, illustrators, and publication managers) with automated processes to handle the complete palette of CSDB objects. Technical documentation is used in many areas of the everyday life. Product liability and many other issues regarding consumer protection have to be covered inside technical documentation. At minimum, a drawing including a few locators has to be provided. Much of this information is in accordance with the international specification for technical documentation S1000D. ==Description== A special form of technical documentation is electronic technical documentation, a further subform is interactive electronic technical documentation (IETD). The complexity of IETD especially regarding the huge mass of data elements, their linkage and the version management issuing and release process must be controlled via a special document management system. To handle these complex structures of ASD S1000D IETDs, the Common Source Data Base is necessary. Starting with the smallest addressable unit, the DataModules under the use of different Document Type Definitions (DTDs) or schemas has to be supported. Furthermore, the publications, in process review forms (IPRFs) in later S1000D versions known as comments, for authoring reasons must be provided. Last but not least the illustrations and all kinds of hotspot declaration files have to be assisted. Regarding processes to perform the S1000D file-based exchange between customer and/or industry, to generate complete IETDs and to verify all these processes, the CSDB must ensure data integrity and security during all actions listed above.
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