Publication and distribution
Media productionmakesinformation products available for distribution. An information product is provided either on paper or electronically (e.g. embedded, online or mobile).
Distribution comprises the design, management and control of all processes to bring the information product to the user for use. The information product must usually be distributed together with the product. In certain cases, the distribution of the information product can take place separately from the distribution of the product.
Provision
The publication of information products in electronic media is determined in particular by:
Processes for integrating electronic content into the product
Display options in the final output device
Aspects of information logistics must also be taken into account. It is therefore necessary to organize which processes and principles are used to distribute the information and how updating processes take place. The media used to store the information product in turn entail specific requirements.
As a result of this process step, the information product is made available to the user in the product or via an electronic output device.
- Integration of information in products (e.g. texts for software interfaces, apps, user interfaces, mouseover information, tooltips), displays and other electronic displays (e.g. online help)
- Interfaces for information integration
- Digital provision: data exchange formats, e.g. iiRDS, VDI2770, EN17412 (Building Information Modeling)
- Multi-channel publishing
- Information modeling and system planning for dynamic content delivery
- Metadata for dynamic delivery (Dynamic Content Delivery)
- Interaction between different systems in multi-channel publishing (e.g. component content management systems (CCMS) and translation memory systems (TMS))
- Context-sensitive provision (e.g. based on the user, their role, their physical position, their product experience)
- Information distribution (e.g. single source of truth, push and pull principles, distribution channels, retrieval channels)
- Updating processes (e.g. importing updates) for the content of information products
- Organization of update processes (e.g. in the form of sprints in agile project methods)
- Software-as-a-service
- Publishing in content delivery portals
- Automation options (connection of PDM/archiving systems and distribution channels)
- Search engine optimization (SEO)