After the first session there were two tracks which meant of course that I could not see all the presentations. But follows some impression of those that I did manage to get to.
Here is the first a a small number of Blogs on my impressions - starting of course at the beginning......
Opening Session - S1000D Direction (given by Dennis Hoyland)
In his usual style Dennis gave us a very good short history of the S1000D specification taking up to the here and new. Having been involved with S1000D in its early AECMA days through to today he is very well placed to provide this useful reminder of why the specification was so necessary then, and of course why it is still.The current organisational tree was discussed. This really shows just what a wide range of organisations and people are involved in the ongoing development of the Specification - it is certainly not standing still. He reminded us that it is important to be involved. Unlike a number of other Specifications there are not full time employees working on the upkeep - all of the participants are holding down increasingly challenging jobs in addition to this voluntary work.
From History to the Future was covered with a very useful view of the direction of the Specification development and its interaction with other S specifrications which are being managed by ASD. Considering that Issue 1 Change 6 formed a central part of the Def Stan 00-60 specification with its links to LSAR 1388 and S2000M (and the Tri-service approach at that time) it is good to see taht this interoperability is being pursued.
Dennis followed this by flagging up some personal goals for the specification which clealy has necissitated some changes in the way that the Specification has been grown. His last slide showed a very good summary which is worth sharing.
- We are learning from the lessons of the past
- We will:
- Change process
- Develop modularisation
- Develop a detailed plan
- Fix Issue dates
- Develop packages of work to be incorporated when finished
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