Professional Services

Achieve Unprecedented Levels of Performance and Efficiency

Inmedius offers a broad scope of value-added professional services and resources to help clients achieve unprecedented levels of performance and efficiency in the capture, creation, management, and deployment of technical information assets. Our team of consultants has a wide breath of experience, working with defense contractors, corporate enterprises, technical publication firms, and branches of the military around the globe.

SGML/XML Transformation

Transforming existing SGML or XML documents into other technical specifications is an overwhelming undertaking, and even more challenging without the tools or expertise to perform the task. Inmedius provides clients with consulting services for the analysis, development, and transformation of complex SGML or XML documents within larger operational systems. This service is designed to assist customers that need to:

  • Convert legacy data into SGML or XML
  • Provide small amounts of data, but lack the internal resources
  • Deliver documents compliant to the specification, but are unable to upgrade to the necessary technology, personnel or software

Authoring

For customers who wish to outsource a documentation project -- new, existing or legacy -- Inmedius has professional technical authors to undertake the entire task. These experts can deliver an analysis of requirements, converted/printed output, fully populated IETPs, or software document management systems for your organization to continue to manage and maintain.


Stylesheet Development

There is growing demand to deliver publications with customized output requirements using a single SGML/XML data source. Several options to address these print requirements are by using desktop publishing templates, including:

  • Formatting Output Specification Instance (FOSI)
  • Extensible Styling Language Formatting Objects (XSL-FO)
  • Element Definition Documents (EDDs)

Stylesheets promote portability to different applications and environments, support reordering and transformation of documentation, and separate the styles from document content and structure. Stylesheets can be incorporated into existing authoring applications or ‘pipelined’ within document management and control systems. With stylesheets, it’s easy to automate:

  • Revision and amendment marking
  • Generated lists
  • Section numbering
  • Customized process numbering
  • String manipulation
  • Data processing and context checking

Inmedius has extensive expertise in the development and production of specifications-based (S1000D™, ATA iSpec, CALS, AESP) or customized stylesheets for clients who wish to use an external, cost-effective development service. In addition to stylesheet implementation, Inmedius offers tailored software development for SGML and XML applications.


Creation of DTD (Document Type Definition)

Inmedius can help you define or modify industry DTDs to better support your organization. The DTD defines which elements appear in a document, which attributes can be assigned to an element, and which elements appear inside other elements.


Converting Legacy Data to S1000D

One aspect of S1000D everyone eventually encounters is the need to convert legacy data. Key factors in the difficulty of conversion include; the complexity of the source data and its structure, whether the source documents are in standard word processing format or SGML/XML, graphics (hard copy, raster, vector), and what form the final output will take. Inmedius has extensive working knowledge and years of experience in converting legacy data into S1000D, offering products and services that are engineered to meet customer needs.

Inmedius specializes in the development of both Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) software as well as customer-specific applications. Our highly trained staff is able to develop and deliver innovative solutions that seamlessly integrate with the client’s overall IT infrastructure.

Inmedius has the domain and technical expertise necessary to take your project from the planning stages to implementation. We employ six core steps that build upon one another to ensure a smooth and successful process. These steps help to ensure that business objectives are obtained with nominal disruption to the organization.

  1. Assessment - We work with you to gain an intimate knowledge of how the enterprise operates. Together we assess your needs and define a direction.
  2. Proposal - The results of the assessment are the basis in crafting a clear plan of action. The proposal details the plan, objectives, milestones and deliverables.
  3. Build - Once the application is developed, Inmedius will help to test and configure the system to your specifications.
  4. Transition - Inmedius prepares the customer’s enterprise for implementing the solution.
  5. Implementation - Inmedius understands the impact of the new system as a result of the information gathered during the assessment, ensuring that the solution meets customer expectations and provides the required return on investment. Throughout the process, Inmedius continually offers support and guidance.
  6. Support - Inmedius supports the complete lifecycle of all software products including on-going maintenance, training, enhancements and telephone customer service.

Comprehensive course curriculums are customizable to suit client requirements and are conveniently presented at either an Inmedius office or the customer’s site.

Course topics include, but are not limited to:

  • ASD S1000D™ Specification
  • CALS vs. S1000D
  • Working with structured documents
  • Authoring with ASD S1000D
  • Creating Data Module Requirements List (DMRL)
  • Creating multilingual documents
  • Understanding SGML & XML
  • Structured authoring with XML
  • Creating business rules
  • Inmedius software product training