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DefDoc 2010 provides a three day forum to share information on current initiatives, future intentions and common issues regarding the creation, management and delivery of documentation, training and through life support in Defence and Industry.

The program for DefDoc 2010 will include a training class on Authoring Content to the ASD S1000D Schema’s, as well as case studies on documentation, technical illustrations, SCORM, STE-100 and other through life support topics.

The DefDoc Team invites Defence and Industry personnel to present at DefDoc 2010 and attend the conference as our guest. Presentations on system implementation and information management challenges through to new technologies and integration are welcome.

To register your interest please email samhocking@absolutedata.com

Early-bird registrations finish COB 23rd April 2010, so don’t miss out on the great delegate price of AU $704. For more information visit http://www.defdoc.com

Aerostar Hotel, Moscow

            Darwin, Australia

13th Australasian Online Documentation and Content Conference

The session topics are designed to provide a stimulating balance of writing techniques, case studies, and the latest technical information.

For further information http://www.aodc.com.au/agenda.aspx

                            Clearwater Beach, FL

For more information contact Rusty Rentsch:

rusty.rentsch@aia-aerospace.org

Clearwater Beach, FL

For more information contact Rusty Rentsch:

rusty.rentsch@aia-aerospace.org

Auditorium 4, Level 1

Defence Plaza

660 Bourke St

Melbourne, 3000

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“Authoring Content to ASD S1000D Schema’s”

Tuesday 18th May 2010 (approximate time – 9:00am to 4:00pm)

This tutorial will be held in a PC based facility located at:

ONG Training

Level 11 / 461 Bourke Street

Melbourne CBD

Price: $180 / Student + gst*

*A minimum of 15 students required to book for class to go ahead.

 

Conference – 2 Day Forum

 (8:00am – 4:50pm & 8:30am – 4:20pm)

The Victoria Hotel

215 Little Collins Street

Melbourne CBD

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This years ASD S1000D User Forum was held at Hilton Head in South Carolina, USA. The ADG team were on hand as exhibitors and also attended the technical sessions. The theme for this year’s forum was:

“S1000D: Realizing the Benefits of Integrated Logistics Support”

With a better than expected turnout of nearly 360 delegates from across the globe, it made for a very interesting, informative and action packed user forum. It was also great to see the small contingent of Australians who travelled all the way across the pond to attend.

There were presentations on the use of S2000M – Materials Management, in current projects, to the introduction of 4 new specifications being release by ASD:

1. S1003X – The S1000D to S3000L Interchange Specification
2. S3000L – Logistic Support Analysis
3. S4000M – The Procedure handbook for the development of scheduled maintenance programs
4. S5000F – The International specification for operational and maintenance feedback.  The way ahead is going to be very interesting for many new projects

There were some exceptional presentations given from existing programs, it gave the delegates that have not yet started on this adventure, a realistic idea of what to expect. From ROI and financial expenditures, to what can be expected and what not to expect from an S1000D Project.

With much work being done on the enhancement of S1000D, it is envisaged that the release of Issue 4.1 will happen towards the end of 2010.

From a vendor standpoint, ADG received an excellent delegate response to the release of Skills   M5, ADG’s SCORM compliant LMS (Learning Management System) and how it shares and links       S1000D content with training material managed by Skills M5.  Many of the delegates are also waiting for the formal release of ADG’s on-line XML authoring system – R4i Workbench.

Next year the S1000D User Forum is being held in Moscow in September 2010.

Watch this space for details on DEFDOC 2010, back in Melbourne. If you would like to suggest some dates for the conference, feel free to send them into defdoc@absolutedata.com.