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Lifecycle of Data Interchange Objects
You can manage the lifecycle of Data Dispatch Notes (DDN) and Data Module Lists (DML) in your information structure.
The basic lifecycle of a DDN and a DML is:
Work in Progress — Ready for Packaging — Delivered.
Actions that can be carried out at each stage of the lifecycle are detailed in this table:
State
Permitted Action
How
Default Role
Work in Progress
Delete DDN
Remove action in context menu
Product Manager
Edit content
(identandStatus section only)
Open In > Open Content in Arbortext Editor action in context menu
Author or Product Manager
Set state to Ready for Packaging
Author > Release for Packaging action in context menu (IE List)
Author or Product Manager
Ready for Packaging
Delete DDN
Remove action in context menu
Product Manager
Set state to Work in Progress
Management > Set for Rework action in context menu (IE List)
Product Manager
Deliver DDN or DML
Add To > Export S1000D Package action in context menu
Product Manager
Delivered
This state is assigned automatically when the DDN or DML is delivered as part of an S1000D Export Package.
Read content
Open In > Open Content in Arbortext Editor action in context menu
Author or Product Manager
Received
This state is assigned automatically when the DDN or DML is imported into the product.
Read content
Open In > Open Content in Arbortext Editor action in context menu
Author or Product Manager
Using these actions, the DDN and DML can be passed through an edit and review workflow as necessary:
Work in Progress (new) — Ready for Packaging — Work in Progress (rework) — Ready for Packaging — Delivered.
If you do not want to submit the DDN or DML to any content editing, you can create it at workflow state Ready for Packaging and bypass the Work in Progress state.
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The Version and In Work values of a DDN or DML remain the same throughout its lifecycle.