This is the presentation I gave with my colleague, John Badger at the Aircraft Commerce Flight Operations Conference in Frankfurt on the 3rd December 2013

1. TIME
to stop dabbling
getting the right content to the right tablets
the 7th Annual Flight Operations Conference - Frankfurt
4th December 2013

2. product name
old company name
new company name
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3. if you want it bad:

4. if you’re happy to wait:

5. its all about the
USE CASE
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6. it’s about
TIME
you did SOMETHING
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7. PAPER
PDF
HTML
SGML, xHTML, ePub
1993 Adobe Systems
2nd Century BC China
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9. SMART(ER) SEARCH
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10. atomic updates
INCREMENTAL PUBLISHING
200MB
1st revision - full publish
100KB
2nd revision - insert single page
100KB
3rd revision - wording change

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200MB
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ANNOTATION PERSISTENCE

13. NEXT GENERATION : SPEC 2300
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14. <?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="../../../stylesheets/FCOM.xsl"?><FMSECT CHG="U" EDITABLE="T" FTYPE="SystemsDescription"
KEY="Intro" PARENT="FCOM-777-FMATR" REVDATE="00000000"><TITLE ATA="0">Intro</TITLE>
<DIV ID="fcomdivid00000"><TITLE ATA="0">AUTHORIZATION PAGE</TITLE>
<P JUST="LEFT">This Saunders Airlines Flight Manual contains all the approved Airplane Flight
Manual (AFM) operating procedures and performance data as revised and/or modified, and
includes any appropriate data or information from revisions dated or numbered:</P>
<P>
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ISN’T XML AUTHORING COMPLICATED?
<TABLE ALIGN="CENTER" CELLPADDING="5" CLASS="NONE" ID="fcomtableid00001"><TBODY><TR VALIGN="TOP"><TD ALIGN="RIGHT"
CLASS="NONE" VALIGN="TOP">
<P JUST="LEFT">777-224</P>
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</TD><TD ALIGN="CENTER" CLASS="NONE" VALIGN="TOP">
</TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" CLASS="NONE" VALIGN="TOP">
<P JUST="LEFT">Revision #40</P>
<P JUST="LEFT">Dated 04/17/09</P>
</TD></TR>
</TBODY></TABLE>
</P><P JUST="LEFT">This manual meets or exceeds all requirements of the [A/C] approved Airplane Flight
Manual in accordance with F.A.R. 121.141.</P>
<DIV ID="fcomdivid00002"><TITLE ATA="0">COPYRIGHT NOTICE</TITLE>
<P JUST="LEFT">Copyright © 2013 Saunders Airlines, Inc. All rights reserved.</P>
<P JUST="LEFT">
<I>No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any
means, electronic or mechanical, for any purposes without the express written
permission of Saunders Airlines, Inc.</I>
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</P>
<P JUST="LEFT">Saunders Airlines personnel desiring to publish excerpts from this manual are
requested to notify the [a/c type] Fleet Manager, Flight Standards and Training, prior
to publication.</P>
</DIV>
<DIV ID="fcomdivid00003"><TITLE ATA="0">REQUEST FOR FEEDBACK</TITLE>
<P JUST="LEFT">This Flight Manual is the result of the combined efforts of Flight Standards and
Flight Operations. All flight crews are encouraged to comment on the contents of this
manual, since its sole purpose is to provide you, the Flight Crew, with an accurate
and effective tool to better help you do your job.</P>
<P JUST="LEFT">Suggestions, critiques, comments, and corrections should be in writing and addressed
to the Lead Line Check Airman in your crew base or to the respective Fleet Manager in
Flight Standards. The boardmail address for each crew base is the three letter
identifier of the base followed by the letters CP (i.e. IAHCP). The boardmail address
for each fleet manager is IAHPS.</P>
<P JUST="LEFT">Your input is both desired and encouraged. All Flight Manuals are designed to be
living documents, readily adaptable to new and better ideas, and easily revised.</P>
</DIV>

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PDF
THE TROUBLE WITH PDF

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WHY WOULD YOU INVEST IN NEXT
GENERATION AIRCRAFT, THEN USE
ARCANE TECHNOLOGY LIKE PDF?

18. question
how many uncontrolled
PDF DOCUMENTS ARE IN
circulation in your company?

19. question
how many uncontrolled
PDF DOCUMENTS ARE IN
circulation in your company?
hint
how many uncontrolled
IPADS & OTHER TABLETS ARE IN
circulation in your company?

20. question
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circulation in your company?

21. now is the time
TIME
to wake up to
SMART CONTENT
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22. THANK YOU
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