All entries for Metadata

Metadata has led to a paradigm shift in technical communication. Component content management systems (CCMS) are no longer at the start of all processes. That role has shifted to metadata. more...

On January 26, 2022, Ulrike Parson will give a webinar on "Introduction to the Smart Content Standard iiRDS" at the Society for Technical Communication.  more...

Patrick Schedlbauer and Ulrike Parson show in their presentation at the tcworld conference 2021 that iiRDS is not limited to certain industries, such as mechanical and plant engineering. Using an example from the automotive industry, they demonstrate how you can use iiRDS to enrich technical standards with metadata and enable the delivery of smart content.  more...

With Diamant Software and d.velop, parson has advised two software companies on the use of intelligent information and content delivery. more...

The iiRDS standard makes documentation smart – so it can be made available on portals, apps and data glasses. Case studies in the field of mechanical engineering are very often mentioned in connection with iiRDS – for example, the scenario of the service technician who uses an end-device to scan an error code on a machine that needs repairing and then receives a snippet of information on the display showing how to fix the problem. This article is about the extensibility of the iiRDS model in the automotive sector. more...