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

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IXIASOFT CCMS Desktop User Guide
The core guide for Advanced users of IXIA CCMS Desktop 7.1, 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.
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.
Reviews using a Collaborative Review
You can assign your map to be simultaneously reviewed by multiple people in IXIA CCMS Web.

IXIASOFT CCMS Desktop User Guide
The core guide for Advanced users of IXIA CCMS Desktop 7.1, 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.
- 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.
  - Using the Documents view
    The Document view gives you several document tracking functionalities, such as identifying recently used documents or frequently used documents.
  - Viewing where documents are used
    The Dependencies view displays the relationships that a specific document has with other DITA documents in your system.
  - Assigning work to others
    Work can be assigned to different sets of users at different points in the document development cycle.
  - Reviews using a Collaborative Review
    You can assign your map to be simultaneously reviewed by multiple people in IXIA CCMS Web.
    - Understanding the collaborative review process
      IXIA CCMS Web offers the Collaborative Review page from which reviewers can add annotations to their assigned content from a browser.
    - Create a Collaborative Review
      You can use a Collaborative Review to send a map to IXIA CCMS Web so that multiple reviewers can work collaboratively to review it.
    - Search for a Collaborative Review
      Collaborative Reviews are categorized as "Others" document types in the Search view.
    - View the annotations from a Collaborative Review
      The Annotations view displays the list of annotations contained in a selected Collaborative Review.
    - Incorporate annotations into your topics
      Edit your topics based on the annotations provided by the assigned reviewers.
    - Close the Collaborative Review
      When you close a Collaborative Review, the Collaborative Review assignment for each reviewer is removed from their My Assignments page.
    - Change the status of a Collaborative Review to Done
      Once you are finished incorporating the feedback from the annotations, you can change the status of the Collaborative Review to done.
    - Output generated from a Collaborative Review
      You can use the Generate Output command to generate the output for a Collaborative Review.
  - Reviews using Approvals
    To get a final sign-off on content, you can use an Approval. You can assign your map to be approved by one or multiple people in IXIA CCMS Web.
  - Generate output
    The Generate Output command creates document deliverables in different formats.
  - Adding labels to objects
    Labels let you apply additional information to any object in the repository.
  - Creating snapshots
    You can capture then contents of a map at a particular point in time using the snapshot feature.
  - Using the Build Manifest feature
    This section describes how to use the Build Manifest feature.
  - Creating a taxonomy
    You can create taxonomies that reflect the structure of the information contained in your documents.
  - Managing projects
    The project management feature lets coordinators handle project-wide tasks that may involve multiple deliverables.
  - Creating and generating reports
    You can create and generate reports.
- 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.
- Technical support
  IXIA CCMS Customer Support staff are available to answer your questions. We welcome your comments.

Reviews using a Collaborative Review

You can assign your map to be simultaneously reviewed by multiple people in IXIA CCMS Web.

Related concepts

Example workflow: Review using a Collaborative Review

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