Publishing to Arbortext Content Delivery A&D

You can publish any S1000D publication structure to Arbortext Content Delivery A&D.

Publishing of Arbortext Content Delivery A&D output is not supported for S1000D 4.2 products.

1. You must properly configure the Arbortext Content Delivery A&D product attributes before you can publish. For more information, see the InService A&D section of the New Product Dialog Box.

You can change the Arbortext Content Delivery A&D attributes for an existing product in the Edit Product Dialog Box.

2. You can maintain uniquely identified publications when publishing to Arbortext Content Delivery A&D. To define and set publication identifiers:

For more information, see the InService A&D section of the New Product Dialog Box.

◦ Select a default publication identifier from the list when creating a publication structure (optional).

A publication identifier is used to define the default directory in the product’s DMS Output Path location that will receive Arbortext Content Delivery A&D output from the publication structure.

◦ Select a publication-specific publication identifier when generating a publication from the publication structure. This can differ from the default value set for the publication, and each publication can have a different identifier.

3. You can export the information structure SNS to Arbortext Content Delivery A&D. This forms the structure of the Arbortext Content Delivery A&D table of contents.

4. You can generate an Information Type TOC file for Arbortext Content Delivery A&D. This file lists the data modules in the information structure, grouped under headers based on their Information Code.

5. When the Arbortext Content Delivery A&D publication with the appropriate table of contents structure has been created, you can publish the publication structure’s content.

6. If you have Information Control Number (ICN) illustrations based on Creo Illustrate (.c3di) or Arbortext IsoDraw (.iso) graphics in your publication, you can specify that secondary content (.pvz or .cgm) of the illustrations is output in the Arbortext Content Delivery A&D bundle.

◦ There must be an Arbortext Editor fallback mechanism in place for the .c3di or .iso graphic types

◦ Your product must include publishing rules that handle publishing of secondary content — default rules are provided

If the illustration is based on a c3di (primary content) and .pvz (secondary content) illustration, you can choose whether to include the first figure in the .pvz file only, or to include all figures in the .pvz.

The value of the Insert Multiple Figures preference specifies which figures to include.

For more information, see Include Secondary Content Attachment with an Illustration.

7. You have the option to publish a Arbortext Content Delivery A&D bundle without uploading (publishing) it to Servigistics InService.

Use the option Do not publish in the Publish Representation dialog box when creating the bundle when this is the desired behavior..

Arbortext Content Delivery A&D publishing is handled by Arbortext Publishing Engine. These prerequisites apply:

• Publishing relies on the setup and configuration of a Windchill Service Information Manager Worker (SIS Worker). The SIS Worker must be configured to use a compatible version of Arbortext Publishing Engine.

For software compatibility information for the , see the Resources > Platform Support page of www.ptc.com/en/support.

• The Arbortext Publishing Engine installation must have the S1000D Module Application Files installed as an application.

When publishing an S1000D publication to Arbortext Content Delivery A&D, the WVS Job Monitor log will include messages to confirm the final status of the action:

• Confirmation that the publishing action is complete and the publication has been loaded to Arbortext Content Delivery A&D

This information can be processed by Arbortext Content Delivery A&D 5.5 onwards.

For more information about Arbortext Content Delivery A&D, see the Arbortext Content Delivery product documentation.