 Why
Choose UltraCSDB 2.0
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- Works out of the box for S1000D (Issue 1.6 through
4.0), ATA 2200 and CALS.
- Manages the complete production and workflow of S1000D
data modules, digital assets, publication modules, IETP-X and print
publications.
- Integrated authoring and publishing tools.
- Open system allows complete configuration to add
support for any additional schemas, data module coding systems,
numbering systems and workflows.
- Unparalleled easy-to-use, rich graphical user
interface, requires minimal training.
- Fully scalable architecture allows thousands of
concurrent users from authors to connected IETP viewer applications
(with military level X.509 or custom client/server encryption).
- Connects to UltraXML server for automated print
production with automated loosleaf support and revision marking.
- Virtualized desktop application requires no client
installation.
- Cost effective solution, suitable for both small and
large installations.
- API available for integrating into existing workflows
and applications.
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Scalable
Architecture
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Project
Management
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- Manage and organize an unlimited number of projects.
- Graphically define your Standard Numbering Systems
(SNS) within the application, or externally in XML format.
- Define project information codes, document types and
business rules.
- Customize data module skeletons for each project
type or S1000D issue.
- Define and generate reports on project schedules,
user workloads and workflow trails.
- Adaptive user interface shows only features
available for the role of the user and only assigned projects thereby
increasing the efficiency of project managers, authors and reviewers.
- Asset and link visualizations with link checking and
project validation.
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User
Management
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- User management with users organized into groups.
- Add and manage database users from the client.
- Automatic workflow event notifications via Email/Instant
Message.
- Assign users to projects and groups.
- Assign roles to users and groups.
- Assign work to users or user groups.
- Adaptive user interface shows only features available for
the role of the user and only assigned projects thereby increasing the
efficiency of project managers, authors and reviewers.
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Workflow
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- Complete workflow, management and versioning
implemented to official S1000D standards for data modules, assets and
publication modules.
- Workflow takes users through authoring, review,
comment actioning, approval and raise issue processes.
- Assign multiple reviewers per data module.
- Assign single authors or author groups per data
module.
- Assign automatic authors and reviewers.
- Fully configurable workflow with an easy to use
visual workflow designer application.
- Request assets during the authoring process with sub
workflows for each asset.
- Workflow tracking and audit trails.
- Extendable workflow functionality with custom
"PlugIn" activities.
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Business
Rules
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- S1000D BREX (Business Rules Exchange) support.
- Read, edit, manage and export BREX from the CSDB
client.
- Project BREX lists available to integrated authoring
tools.
- ISO Schematron business rules checking on both
UltraCSDB Server and authoring software.
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DMRL
and Data Module Management
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- Check out and check in of data modules for
authoring.
- Define, list and attach tasks and files to data
modules.
- Complete asset reference management.
- Validation and cross reference checking of entire
DMRL with notes placed on problem data modules.
- Automatic management of data module IDSTATUS
metadata and reference lists on check in.
- Business rules checking and validation.
- Automatic link checking highlights problem data
modules.
- Illustrate cross references from any data module
- Easy to read grid view of data module requirements
list.
- Related assets and references listed under each data
module.
- Real time rendered data module content preview
integrated into the client.
- Data Module XML skeleton creation and management.
- Applicability filtering.
- Define, list and attach tasks and files to data
modules.
- Multiple review comments and comment attachments.
- Advanced filtering, ordering, searching and
configurable DMRL views.
- Asset reference and cross reference management.
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Multiple
Language Support
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- Store and manage multiple language versions for each data
module in a project.
- Unicode enabled.
- Export or publish any chosen language.
- Data Module differencing (XML difference) for external
translation management.
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Import
/ Export
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- Import / Export Data Dispatch Notes (DDN).
- Batch Import / Export data modules.
- Batch Import / Export assets.
- Import data modules from complete publications
with customizable granularity, such as TASKS and MFMATR from AMMs.
- Import and export DMRLs from Microsoft Excel.
- Attach assets to data modules.
- Export business rules.
- Export publication modules, IETP-X, XML manuals
and XML book format.
- Language and applicability filtering of data
module content on export.
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Effective
Data Reuse
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- Common reference and phrase libraries.
- XML reference and text management allows consistent
content across data modules.
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Powerful
Search Features
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- Full text search.
- Applicability search and filtering.
- Regular expression search.
- Boolean expression support.
- XPath search in XML tags, metadata, content or both.
- Store common searches.
- Highlighted search results in rendered preview.
- Export from search results.
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Asset
Management
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- Store, manage and transfer digital assets of any
size.
- Import / export assets with configurable
Illustration Control Number (ICN) mapping.
- Automatic association of assets to data modules with
customizable ICN generation and management.
- Add and manage unlimited attachments, companion
files and original asset source files per asset.
- Full integrated workflow and versioning for assets.
- Server generated thumbnails and full integrated
workflow for digital assets.
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Integrated
Authoring Tools
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- UltraXML:Author connects directly to the UltraCSDB
web service and reads all available project information and business
rules for fast error free authoring.
- Native XML authoring with real time WYSIWYG preview.
- Simple asset, hotspots and data module reference
insertion.
- Integrated BREX and applicability definitions.
- Schema validation.
- Simplified Technical English checking.
- Schematron business rules validation.
- Optionally integrate your own authoring tools using
the UltraCSDB API.
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Publishing
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- Store, archive and manage publication modules and
stylesheets.
- Full integrated workflow and versioning for
publication modules.
- Visually define publication issues and publication
orders.
- Create interactive PDF manuals and books.
- Publish your S1000D projects to S1000D book format,
ATA CMM, AESP format or any customized publication format using UltraXML
or any other suitable XML publishing software.
- Customizable IETP-X generation.
- Customizable publishing rules allows creation of
entire complex XML manual structures from publication modules indexes of
data modules for any schema, including CMM and AMM.
- Stylesheet management.
- Applicability filtering.
- Integrated Loose-leaf publishing.
- Attach customer metadata to publication modules.
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Application
Programming Interface (API)
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- UltraCSDB exposes over 200 API functions as a web
service.
- Integrate your own authoring tools.
- Create your own custom CSDB applications / widgets.
- Open development system allows for creation of
3rdparty custom ‘Plug-in’ workflow activities.
- Support for any custom schema, coding systems or
future S1000D issue through XML configuration files.
- All external communication encrypted to military
standard X.509 or custom encryption.
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