Object management: Standard or IXIA Dynamic Release Management (DRM)
The related repository for a standard deployment, as compared to a DRM deployment, handles objects differently.
Standard deployment
A standard deployment stores all objects in a single repository. You can work with the most current objects in a related map or access the versions of an object in the repository.
When you open a topic, you will see a breadcrumb path indicating the Context Map associated to the object and the object's title.
IXIA Dynamic Release Management (DRM) deployment
A DRM deployment uses a repository that is organized into release management collections. Think of it like a storage unit warehouse, where each product and release has its own room or subsection filled only its related objects. Each collection falls into a Products or Libraries collection category, and each version within a collection is its own branch. Writers use collections to manage documentation for multiple products across multiple release cycles.
- Product collections contain objects that are unique to that specific collection
- Library collections contain objects specifically designated as a shared resource for inclusion in other collections
- Branch collections contain objects specific to a unique product collection and to a single user manual, release cycle, etc. A single product collection can have multiple branches at the same time where branches share objects.
When you open an object in DRM, there is a Breadcrumb path that indicates the product, library, or branch to which the object belongs.