- Indian defence projects: JSG-0852. Most shipyards and Army Vehicles and Navy are asking for Indian defence standard only.
- S1000D is European aviation standard. As of now in India, only HAL, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited only asked for S1000D. Why they have specifically need S1000D is unknown.
IETMs are available in 2 standards
- INDIAN Defense Standard (JSG 0852:2001)
- European Aviation standard (S1000D)
INDIAN STANDARD
- Government of India, Ministry of defense has framed few standards, Joint service Guide 0852:2001 and reframed in 2007.
European Aviation standard
- It is called S1000D, mainly used in the Aviation industry
- If the RFQ or tender documents say it is IETM means, it’s Indian standard only. If the end-user wants S1000D, then specifically “S1000D IETM LEVEL -4” is mentioned.
What is the difference in both the standard?
- Ultimately the purpose of both the standard is the same, easy accessibility to all the documents and key points in few clicks.
- Indian Standard uses SQL Database and IETM Viewer to see the database. IETM Viewer has tools to navigate faster and most effectively.
- IETM does not need any third-party software to run. OEM can edit using the authoring tool which is available in IETM software.
- S1000d is very costly than the Indian standard.
- Indian Standard is SQL based and HTML based and s1000d is XML based
- Few companies convert Documents to XML and call them S1000D.
- Simple XML is not an S1000D IETM. If the end-user /navy/shipowner does not have a CSDB studio then all these IETMs cannot be imported and made a single master IETM.
- CSDB studio is very costly software and is mainly supplied by western counties. Indian version CSDBs is not compatible with original S1000d importing.