U.S. Air Force Selects Inmedius S1000D Publishing Suite; COTS Lifecycle Software Used to Establish Technical Documentation Test Environment.PITTSBURGH -- Inmedius, Inc., a leading provider of technical documentation solutions for defense and military applications, announced today that the Development and Fielding Systems Group (DFSG/SBP) of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 8,023 acres (3,247 hectares), W Ohio, NE of Dayton; est. 1917. One of the largest airport installations in the world, it is the air force's main research and development base, and the headquarters of the (WPAFB WPAFB Wright Patterson Air Force Base (Dayton, Ohio) ), Ohio has acquired multiple user licenses of Inmedius S1000DauthorPro(TM), S1000Dmanager(TM), and S1000Dinteract(TM) publishing software to establish an S1000D analysis and test environment. The Inmedius S1000D Publishing Suite met DFSG/SBP requirements to obtain a comprehensive Commercial off the Shelf (COTS (Commercial Off-The-Shelf) Refers to ready-made merchandise that is available for sale. See MOTS. (software) COTS - commercial off-the-shelf. See commercial software. ) lifecycle software package in order to author, manage, test and display technical data in accordance with S1000D Issue 2 for purposes of analysis. ASD ASD abbr. atrial septal defect ASD Atrial septal defect, see there S1000D is an international commercial specification for the procurement and production of technical publications. The most current release, Issue 2, was jointly produced by the Aerospace and Defense Industries Association of Europe (ASD) and the Aerospace Industries Association of America (AIA AIA - Application Integration Architecture ). Inmedius is a member of the S1000D Electronic Publications Working Group. "Inmedius has achieved a long-standing reputation for helping military organizations achieve new heights in documentation quality control and efficiency," said Gary Schaffer, President, Inmedius. "WPAFB is one of the nation's most important military installations, with nearly all major advances in aviation having their roots there. ASD S1000D holds tremendous promise for the future of aerospace technical documentation development; eliminating constraints of the print medium. The core S1000D principle of information chunking (data modules), produces information structured in ways that make it deliverable in a wide variety of electronic formats, as well as print. This philosophy of reuse reuse - Using code developed for one application program in another application. Traditionally achieved using program libraries. Object-oriented programming offers reusability of code via its techniques of inheritance and genericity. is at the heart of the standard, leading to improved information accuracy and production efficiencies." About Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB) WPAFB has a rich aviation heritage and is a leader in military aviation development from the time of airplane airplane, aeroplane, or aircraft, heavier-than-air vehicle, mechanically driven and fitted with fixed wings that support it in flight through the dynamic action of the air. inventors Wilbur and Orville Wright, to today's aerospace age. The base is headquarters for a vast, worldwide logistics system, a world-class laboratory research function, and is the foremost acquisition and development center in the U.S. Air Force. More than 60 organizations representing a broad spectrum of Air Force and Department of Defense activities call WPAFB home. Approximately 22,000 military and civilian employees and government contractors A government contractor is a private company that produces goods or services under contract for the government. Often the terms of the contract specify cost plus – i.e., the contractor gets paid for its costs, plus a specified profit margin. work at WPAFB, making it the largest single-site employer in the state and one of the largest employers among U.S. Air Force bases worldwide. About Inmedius Headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, with offices in the United Kingdom and Germany, Inmedius delivers innovative, performance-oriented applications that cultivate, organize, and disseminate dis·sem·i·nate v. dis·sem·i·nat·ed, dis·sem·i·nat·ing, dis·sem·i·nates v.tr. 1. To scatter widely, as in sowing seed. 2. data and technical information assets. Integrating those assets with business processes, using state-of-the-art workflow and collaborative techniques, is a hallmark of the fully integrated solutions that Inmedius offers. Serving military, defense and capital equipment intensive enterprises worldwide, Inmedius enables its clients to share an unprecedented level of productivity and efficiency. www.inmedius.com Inmedius, S1000DauthorPro, S1000Dmanager, and S1000Dinteract are trademarks of Inmedius, Inc. |
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