Frequently Asked Questions of IETMs – Code And Pixels

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FAQs of IETMs Code And Pixels
Frequently Asked Questions of IETMs
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Code and Pixels Interactive Technologies Private
Limited (CNP) is an IT service provider based in
Hyderabad (India). We provide end-to-end Software
development and IETMs (INDIAN STANDARD IETM JSG
08522001, LEVELS 3,4,5 and European Aviation
Standard IETM S1000D, lEVEL4), specialized in
innovative use of technology.
FAQs of IETMs Code and Pixels
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FAQs of IETMs Code And Pixels
Code and Pixels Interactive Technologies Private
Limited (CNP) is an IT service provider based in
Hyderabad (India). We provide end-to-end Software
development and IETMs (INDIAN STANDARD IETM JSG
08522001, LEVELS 3,4,5 and European Aviation
Standard IETM S1000D, lEVEL4), specialized in
innovative use of technology. What is the full
form of IETM? Interactive Electronic Technical
Manual. Lets understand what the meaning of IETM
is. IETM is a Manual or softcopy of any book.
Even PDF scanned files can also be called IETM.
Any books, documents that are in digital format
are IETMs. Because if the book is seen in
computer or whatever the manuals we see in a
digital device is called Electronic Manual. If
this manual is technical then it is called ETM,
Electronic Technical Manual. If this manual is
dynamic or has multiple references in the form of
hyperlinks, hotspots, etc., it is called
Interactivity. Whichever Manual is digital has
technical information and contains
cross-references are called Interactive
electronic Technical Manual.
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What is an IETM document?
Many people think that IETM is a separate format
like MS Word (.DOC) or Portable Document File
(PDF)IETM is a technical term used to represent
but not a format. Even PDF file is also ETM.
Normal scanned images compiled together is Level
-1 IETM and PDF has hyperlinks, cross-references,
indexing which means interactivity is called
Level -2 IETM.
What is S1000D and IETM -Code And Pixels
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Level -3 IETM uses XML or HTML and makes it much
dynamic than PDF. Level -4 is database-based
IETM. All the manuals are converted into the
MYSQL database and stored. A viewer is used to
access the data based on the user request, data
will be pulled from the database and displayed to
user. Level-1 and LEVEL -2 its PDF file. Level -3
HTML-based web application, LEVEL 4 is Databases
based web application. What is IETM VIEWER? IETM
Viewer is software that is used to see the
manuals that are converted into a database. Level
1,2 does not need any IETM viewers because they
are PDF files. Level -3 is HTML based. A complete
manual is converted into HTML/XML files page-wise
like we create a website. Images, illustrations
will be placed in a folder. HTML/text, Images,
Illustrations, Images, etc are called media
assets. Using IETM Viewer, one can see all the
files in a structured way. IETM Viewer is a piece
of software that is used to view the documents
and also used for interactivity and switch
between topics, subtopics, cross reference,
hyperlinks, etc.
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In the case of Level -4 this viewer is very
powerful and gives full power to the user for
quick access.
Levels Usage in IETM
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Where do I use IETMs? IETMs are basically used in
the defense system. A couple of years backs OEMs
used to deliver many sets of hard copies to
end-users (Navy/Army/IAF) if the number of pages
is less, in this case, it is easy to refer for
troubleshooting or operational procedures,
etc. For complex systems i.e. Missiles, Defence
vehicles, communication, and non-communication
systems where many systems and subsystems are
involved, which makes the document count goes in
thousands. In such cases when the issue arises it
will be very difficult to do quick referring. In
such cases, IETMs are very very effectively
used. These IETMs are now made as mandatory
deliverables along with actual equipment by the
Indian defense. This IETM follows Indian defense
guidelines, standards JSG 08522019 which gives
guidelines for IETM structure.
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How many Levels are in use? When the electronic
revolution started in 1990, PDF files were used
as IETM till 2000. They used to be scanned
images/raster images. Searching and hyperlinking
indexing were not possible in those raster
images. These are called LEVEL -1
IETM Advancement in technology, use of OCR, and
other features was added in PDF files. Thus PDF
was made with selectable text, images, tables,
hyperlinks, and indexing etc. Cross-references
hyperlinks made PDF more interactive and
user-friendly. These were called LEVEL -2 In
level -2 there was one limitation. If the user
manual or PDF file is single, then LEVEL 2 worked
well. Hyperlinks inside a single PDF were
possible but refereeing multiple PDFs i.e.
cross-reference between manuals was again a
challenge. For instance, let us assume that a
user is looking for troubleshooting of some
device and the troubleshooting requires the user
to see the operational manual and technical
manual etc. Cross referring to multiple manuals
was a problem. During that time HTML 5 has very
strongly emerged as technology (2012). Taking
advantage of technology, all these files are
converted into HTML -5 and an IETM viewer is
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a piece of software program developed to see the
files. This is LEVEL -3. When the documents were
thousands in number and ultra-quick navigation is
needed for user inputs. In this scenario LEVEL,
-4 was evolved. Level -4 is Database driven
software which is way ahead powerful than all the
previous levels. What is the INDIAN standard of
IETM? This IETM was initiated in US defense
having MIL-PRF-87268A number (MIL-M-87268, 87269)
Based on these MIL standards, the Ministry of
Defense, Directorate of Standardization, Joint
service Guide (JSG) has framed guidelines which
is 08522019. Code and Pixels IETM framework is
developed based on the Indian defense standard.
IETM Level 4 -Code And Pixels
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Is IETM freeware or open source? IETM is not
freeware and not open-source. Its customized
software developed as per the defense guidelines.
This IETM framework or software is designed using
Angular, Node.js, MYSQL databases. IETM software
has 3 Login modes. User, Admin, and Super Admin
or authoring tool. Users can see the manuals and
Admin can create users and monitor user
activities and super Admin can be used to create
IETM content/database. Super Admin is also called
as Authoring mode. Do I need to know the
programming language to make/develop IETM? If you
want to edit IETM level -3, you need basic HTML.
Edit means you can edit the IETM developed by us.
Similarly, if you want to edit IETM Level -4 you
need not have any programming skills. We have
inbuilt text editors to edit the content and easy
to use GUI to update the content.
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What is S1000D IETM? The way JSG 0852 is the
standard of Indian IETMs, S1000D is the standard
for defense IETM. Usage may be similar, but the
Complete structure of IETM is entirely different
from Indian standards. S1000D uses XML files
whereas JSG uses MySQL as a database. S1000D is a
very costly solution. Users/Navy need to have
S1000D CSDB studio to get all the documents
converted as per S1000D. If the navy /Airforce
does not have an S1000D suit or a CSDB studio
then going for S1000D is absolutely no use. It is
just like going for Level -3 IETM of Indian
standard.
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Want to see the IETM software?
Until you see the software, you will not be able
to understand it fully. Hence, we strongly
recommend you have a virtual meeting for 15
minutes so that you will have a fair idea about
the IETM software. Write an email to
ietm_at_codeandpixels.net or call 9849527706 to fix
up the quick demo on IETM.
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