How Does S1000D Define Multimedia?
Issue 2.3 of the S1000D specification introduced the concept of using multimedia within S1000D technical publications. S1000D defines multimedia as "a generic term referring to any combination of integrated digital media, such as sound, video, animation, graphics or text hyperlinked from within an electronic document or software presentation or product". The S1000D master schema "notations.xsd" lists 19 audio, 39 video, 33 3D model, and 7 miscellaneous file types, therefore a wide choice of formats/file types is available for use.
The definition also shows that multimedia in S1000D can be either linear, or interactive. Linear media are sound, video, or automated animations, or any form of media that can be simply "played". With linear media, it is usual to display some basic controls and a "scrub bar" that gives an indication of the current time/position in the media. Interactive media is that which is dependent on input from the user; the view is dependent on the input and the user is free to make choices that manipulate behavior of the media content through user input.
S1000D mandates that multimedia is only used to support textual data, therefore warnings and cautions are not addressed as part of the multimedia; it is presumed that all warnings and cautions will be part of the text the multimedia is supporting. This does not exclude the use of warnings and cautions within multimedia, it simply means that there are currently no rules for displaying them.
Read more in the white paper article “Multimedia in S1000D” or contact CDG for more information.
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