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Guide to IXIASOFT CCMS 7.0 Dynamic Release Management (DRM) for Information Architects

Guide to IXIASOFT CCMS DRM for Information Architects
IXIASOFT CCMS Desktop User Guide
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IXIASOFT CCMS Desktop User Guide
The core guide for Advanced users of IXIA CCMS Desktop 7.0, who are using the IXIA 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.
Working with DITA
This section provides information and instructions about how to author content using IXIA CCMS Desktop.
Creating links
You can provide links to reference other topics in a variety of ways.
Creating cross-references (xref)
You can insert link inside topics, between topics, and to documents outside the Content Store.

IXIASOFT CCMS Desktop User Guide
The core guide for Advanced users of IXIA CCMS Desktop 7.0, who are using the IXIA 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
  IXIA 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 IXIA CCMS Desktop.
- About the IXIASOFT Dynamic Release Management module
  The IXIA 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
- Working with DITA
  This section provides information and instructions about how to author content using IXIA CCMS Desktop.
  - Understanding the document cycles
    Documents go through several phases of development. Topics, for example, are written, edited, and approved by technical experts, and then may be sent for translation. Each phase of document development has a unique set of people who are responsible for the document in that phase.
  - Working with objects
    This set of topics describes the functions common to all objects.
  - Working with DITA maps
  - Working with topics
    Topics are the building blocks for document deliverables.
  - Working with images
    This section provides the procedures to manage images for different types of output.
  - Working with resources
    Resources are document objects that support a documentation project. For example, schedule charts could be added as a reference resource for a project with a long and complex timeline.
  - Comparing and synchronizing documents
    This section describes the synchronization feature and various comparison tools.
  - Using the Oxygen XML Editor
    The Oxygen XML Editor is an intuitive interface with many powerful tools for working with XML documents.
  - Searches and queries
    IXIA CCMS has features that you can use to search the repository for documents or search and replace text within these documents.
  - Creating a relationship table
    These procedures tell you how to use relationship tables.
  - Creating links
    You can provide links to reference other topics in a variety of ways.
    - Creating cross-references (xref)
      You can insert link inside topics, between topics, and to documents outside the Content Store.
      - Create a cross-reference to another topic
        You can insert a cross-reference that creates a link to another topic. You create a cross-reference by inserting an <xref> element.
      - Create a cross-reference to an external file or web site
        You can insert links to web pages, remote locations, FTP sites, or files outside the repository.
      - Troubleshoot unresolved cross-references
        Unresolved cross-references occur when IXIA CCMS cannot locate a file that is being referenced. The CCMS offers tools to help you troubleshoot them.
    - Create related links from one topic to another
      This procedure uses a text editor to put a group of links to related topics into the current topic.
    - Create related links to external files or web sites
      This procedure uses a text editor to put a series of links to related topics on remote systems or to files outside the repository.
  - Applying conditions (profiling and conditional processing)
    Conditional attributes let you tailor the same document for different requirements.
  - Keyrefs and keydefs
    The keyref feature allows you to use indirect addressing in places such as xrefs and related-links.
  - Creating and using conrefs
    The Referable-Content view lets you search for reusable components and insert them into documents.
  - Importing and exporting documents
    IXIA CCMS Desktop provides wizards that let you import valid DITA documents into the TEXTML repository.
- Using IXIASOFT CCMS Desktop features
  This section provides information and instructions about how to use IXIA 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
  IXIA CCMS Customer Support staff are available to answer your questions. We welcome your comments.

Creating cross-references (xref)

You can insert link inside topics, between topics, and to documents outside the Content Store.

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