Common Telecom DTD

Subject: Re: Common Telecom DTD

Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 16:42:09 +0200

From: Henning Moeller <henning.moeller@mchp.siemens.de>

Newsgroup: comp.text.sgml


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Per-Ake Ling wrote:
> 
> Peter Flynn wrote:
> >
> > Paul, Madsen wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello, does anyone have any information on the Common Telecom DTD (CTD).
> > >
> > > I believe it is the European counterpart of the TCIF TIM DTD.
> >
> > No, but I'd be very interested to know if you find either of them.
> 
> I do have info on both but are mailing this from home so I do not
> have the specifics. Please email me at per-ake.ling@uab.ericsson.se
> if you want more information. If there is is sufficient interest, I
> will post a more complete reply once I get my facts straight. (I am
> a member of the European counterpart, called EFTI3, but don't have
> addresses and the copyright issues clear in my mind).
> 
> Regards,
> Per-Åke Ling
> --
> Ericsson Utvecklings AB         email: per-ake.ling@uab.ericsson.se


 Common Telecom DTD (CTD)
 ------------------------

 1/ Scope:

 The CTD is designed for documents in the telecommunications sector.
 It offers both specific contents-based structures for operation and
 maintenance documentation (including descriptions, O&M manuals and
 User Guides) and generic text structures.

 2/ Scalability:

 Depending on requirements and intended customer benefits (e.g. auto-
 matic link creation, configuration, precise browsing & retrieval),
 authors can fully exploit contents-based structures of the CTD for
 tagging documents where needed, or -if this is sufficient- just make
 use of generic text structures (e.g. less specific, less granularity).

 3/ Structure Model:

 The CTD offers the possibility to gradually expand its usage along
 the two dimensions "documentation area" (scope) and "processing level".
 Examples for telecom-specific structures: task-group, procedure, step,
...
 Examples for formal text structures: chapter, list, paragraph, ...

 4/ History

 The groundworks for the CTD have been defined within EU-funded project
 TECPAD. Currently, the CTD has been promoted by the European Forum for
 Telecom Industry Information Interchange (EFTI) as recommendation
 (Stockholm, 18. April 97). EFTI-partners *intending* (-> according to
 EFTI's Declaration of Intent) to deliver in compliance with / request
 CTD V1.0 are Alcatel, British Telecom, TeleDanmark, Ericsson, Italtel,
 Nokia and Siemens. Further companies which have been represented at
 EFTI meetings are e.g. Belgacom, E plus, Telecom Italia, Telefonica
 and Telia.

 5/ Contact points

 EFTI Chairman: 

               Ms. Gunbritt Jonsson, Ericsson (Stockholm) 
               email: Gunbritt.Jonsson@uab.ericsson.se


 Operator Representative, 
 EFTI Internet / WWW Site (intended for the near future):

               Mr. K.K. Zangenberg, TeleDanmark (Copenhagen)
               email: kkz@tdk.dk


 Common Telecom DTD (CTD):

               Klaus Meusel, Siemens (Munich)
               email: Klaus.Meusel@oen.siemens.de
 
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-- 
Henning Moeller 
Siemens AG, ZT IK 1, D-81730 Munich
--
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