Gives an overview of the structure and content of ASD S1000D, the international specification for procuring, creating, distributing and maintaining technical documentation, based on Issue 4.2 with the main differences in Issues 1.9 to 4.1, 5 and 6. Topics are the background of AECMA and ASD, general guidelines (writing and illustration rules, amendment service, security classification, quality assurance), the standard numbering system, data modules and their codes, information types and illustration coding, typical structures within data modules (procedural steps, warnings, references, tables, figures, cross-references, applicability and hotspots), the common source database, exchange processes, publication types and output formats, and business rules with the BREX data module.
Taught in German as a classroom course in Munich. Bertrandt recommends taking it as a block with its practical day for technical writers.