Monthly Archives: April 2017

Happy Easter 2017!

Callouts and thanks, Favorite quotes

I wanted to wish happy holidays to all who read this blog. So I decided to search for an Easter quote reflecting my current happy mood, which primarily roots from being with the people dear to me.

I found the following:

“Easter spells out beauty, the rare beauty of new life.” ~S.D. Gordon

This statement is very true. The spring “spells out beauty, the rare beauty of new life” too. Maybe this is how it all started. The spring is inspiring. It inspires new life, new projects (private, personal and at work), a new month, a new day, a new moment.

I am immensely grateful to have met (both in my private and work life) many wonderful people who bring a vast amount of beautiful and new moments and impressions my way.
Life can be so much fun!

I would like to thank all who read this blog, who work with me, who support me with their friendship, good advice and simply being there!

I wish you all happy holidays, and many beautiful, sunny and joyful moments!

Pictures: Tulips, the flowers of spring; my children on a spring tour in a beautiful castle; and Easter eggs colored by my children, their grandparents, my husband and me.

Contributing to Mekon’s Bitesize on Business Rules – 7: What is the new brdoc Schema in the S1000D® Issue 4.2 is good for?

S1000D

Many S1000D users complain understandably about a quite high frequency of S1000D releases. A new version of any standard every five years would be hard to implement, but the S1000D is a highlight here. The community managed to publish two Issues within one-half of a year. These were the S1000D Issue 2.3 (released on February 28, 2007) and the S1000D Issue 3.0 (released on July 31, 2007).

The reasons for such frequent updates and releases are also understandable since they are driven by the requirements of the community using and developing it.

But even for a very short period between updates, each release means a huge step forward in its development in comparison with its predecessor: both in respect to technical novelties, quality of its guidance, and the readability of the specification itself.

The same case is with the S1000D Issue 4.2. Two concepts that progressed prominently in this issue are the business rules and handling of illustrations/multimedia objects.
Both received a new Schema to make their generation, management and exchange smoother and more reliable.

Illustrations and multimedia got an XML Schema/object to capture their metadata. Business rules have now a structure/Schema allowing to markup any type of the business rules documentation.

In my seventh article to Mekon‘s Bitesize on Business Rules, I discuss what you can use the new brdoc Schema for.

Click here to find out more: Bitesize Business Rules: What is the new brdoc Schema in the S1000D® Issue 4.2 is good for?

(Credits: Photograph ©librestock.com under the keywords “document”)