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Guide to IXIASOFT CCMS 6.8 Dynamic Release Management (DRM) for Information Architects

Guide to IXIASOFT CCMS DRM for Information Architects
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IXIASOFT CCMS Desktop User Guide
The core guide for Advanced users of IXIASOFT CCMS Desktop 6.8, who are using the IXIASOFT Dynamic Release Management (DRM) module. It contains information to help information architects understand basic tasks and workflows for the CCMS Desktop authoring environment. It also contains information on how to author, manage, publish, translate, and track documentation.
Managing the documentation structure

IXIASOFT CCMS Desktop User Guide
The core guide for Advanced users of IXIASOFT CCMS Desktop 6.8, who are using the IXIASOFT Dynamic Release Management (DRM) module. It contains information to help information architects understand basic tasks and workflows for the CCMS Desktop authoring environment. It also contains information on how to author, manage, publish, translate, and track documentation.
- Introduction
  IXIASOFT CCMS is a documentation solution that combines the mechanics of an extensible environment, a powerful Content Management System (CMS), and the elegant modularity of DITA.
- Overview of IXIASOFT CCMS Desktop
  This section provides a brief overview about working in IXIASOFT CCMS Desktop.
- About the IXIASOFT Dynamic Release Management module
  The IXIASOFT Dynamic Release Management (DRM) module allows technical publication teams to easily manage the documentation for multiple products across multiple release cycles.
- Managing the documentation structure
  - Open the DITA perspective
    The DITA perspective is the default working environment for IXIASOFT CCMS.
  - Displaying the IXIASOFT Dynamic Release Management view
    The IXIASOFT Dynamic Release Management view lists the products, libraries, releases, and versions that are configured for your deployment.
  - Open the Information view
    The Information view shows all the DRM versions for the selected object.
  - Associate DRM files with an XML editor
    When you create a product, library, release, or version, IXIASOFT CCMS creates an XML file that defines that product, library, release, or version.
  - Set up the documentation structure
    Before writers can add objects (maps, topics, images, resources) to IXIASOFT CCMS, the documentation structure must be set up.
  - Rename a version
    You can change a product or library's DRM version name to a new unique name.
  - Clone a version (branch a documentation set)
    You clone a version when you want to use the content of a version as a starting point for the next version.
  - Close a version
    If all of the work for one version is complete, you can close the version. This prevents anyone from accidentally creating or changing content for that version.
  - Reopen a version
    You can reopen any version that is closed If you need to change the content in it.
  - Managing libraries
    You can edit libraries or their dependencies if the organization or structure of your libraries needs to change.
  - Show the container associated to the version
    The Locate Containers feature is used to find the container and container parts associated to a version.
  - Change your documentation structure (Refactor)
    You can change a product into a library or a library into a product using Refactor.
  - Export the Dynamic Release Management tree view
    You can export the Dynamic Release Management tree view to a tab-separated-value (TSV) file.
  - Understanding the Version tag feature
    A version tag is an object that captures the contents of a product version or library version at a particular point in time. It is like a snapshot for an entire version.
  - About Content Level Security
    The following section examines how Content Level Security works with content defined within the IXIASOFT Dynamic Release Management environment.
- Working with DITA
  This section provides information and instructions about how to author content using IXIASOFT CCMS Desktop.
- Using IXIASOFT CCMS Desktop features
  This section provides information and instructions about how to use IXIASOFT CCMS Desktop functionality to perform other actions with the objects in the CMS.
- Localizing documents
  Localization is the process of translating content and adapting it for use in another language.
- Glossary
- Shortcut keys
  Shortcut keys let you perform many routine actions with just two or three keystrokes.
- Copyright notice
- Technical support
  IXIASOFT Customer Support staff are available to answer your questions. We welcome your comments.

Managing the documentation structure

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