https://tracium.co/blog/ Guides to S1000D, converting legacy manuals, business rules and AI that stays on your servers. en https://tracium.co/blog/s1000d-issue-7/ https://tracium.co/blog/s1000d-issue-7/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0200 S1000D Issue 7 came out in 2026. What the official change list says, what changed in the default BREX, which tools support it and when to move. https://tracium.co/blog/s1000d-brex-business-rules/ https://tracium.co/blog/s1000d-brex-business-rules/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0200 What an S1000D BREX is, how its rules are written and layered, which tools check it, what no BREX can catch, and a default rule that never caught an error. https://tracium.co/blog/s1000d-software-how-to-choose/ https://tracium.co/blog/s1000d-software-how-to-choose/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0200 What S1000D software has to do, which tools exist for each job, twelve questions to ask every vendor, and what the tools with public prices cost. https://tracium.co/blog/s1000d-vs-dita-ispec-2200-shipdex/ https://tracium.co/blog/s1000d-vs-dita-ispec-2200-shipdex/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0200 How S1000D, DITA, ATA iSpec 2200 and Shipdex differ: who maintains them, current versions, cost, building blocks and checks, and how to choose. https://tracium.co/blog/convert-pdf-manuals-to-s1000d/ https://tracium.co/blog/convert-pdf-manuals-to-s1000d/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0200 How to turn PDF, Word and scanned manuals into S1000D data modules, step by step: business rules, DMRL, a worked example, validation and where AI helps. https://tracium.co/blog/s1000d-cost/ https://tracium.co/blog/s1000d-cost/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0200 What an S1000D project costs: published CSDB list prices, a cost-benefit study for the US DoD, what drives conversion cost and how to estimate your own. https://tracium.co/blog/s1000d-naval-shipbuilding/ https://tracium.co/blog/s1000d-naval-shipbuilding/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Which S1000D issue, which business rules, which breakdown of the ship: what the US, Sweden, Germany and Australia ask for, and a contract checklist for yards. https://tracium.co/blog/what-is-s1000d/ https://tracium.co/blog/what-is-s1000d/ Wed, 21 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0200 S1000D explained without jargon: the current issue, data modules and their codes, the CSDB, business rules and the BREX, and why it is still so much work. https://tracium.co/blog/traceable-ai-technical-documentation/ https://tracium.co/blog/traceable-ai-technical-documentation/ Wed, 21 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0200 A language model writes fluent text, but a maintenance procedure needs proof. How traceability makes an AI draft checkable, and four tests for any tool. https://tracium.co/blog/on-premise-ai-controlled-technical-data/ https://tracium.co/blog/on-premise-ai-controlled-technical-data/ Wed, 21 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Naval maintenance manuals are often controlled data under ITAR or the EU Common Military List. Why an AI that drafts from them belongs on your servers.