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1. TECHNICAL
PUBLICATIONS

2. WHAT ARE TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS?
• Technical Publications, also known as Academic Publishing, is the literature produced in the subfield
of publishing which distributes academic research and scholarship. The majority of such literature is
then divided into specific industries, particularly (in the technological sector) the Aeronautical,
Automotive, and Heavy Engineering industries.
• The term ‘Technical Publications’ in the broadest possible definition relates to published information
of any type which is produced for the sole purpose to describe the handling, functionality and
architecture of a certain product (ranging from a complex computer system to a child’s remote
control car) which is either under development or actually in use.
• During the development of a product there is a number of document types which play a very
significant role.

3. TYPES OF TECHNICAL PUBLICATION
• System Requirements - the guidelines dictating the required prerequisites of the software
and hardware which are to be present on a computer
• System Design - the process of defining the components, modules, interfaces, and data which
are necessary to satisfy the product’s system requirements
• System Architecture - the conceptual model that defines the behaviour, structure and also
the views of a system

4. WHO USES TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS AND
WHO WRITES THEM?
• The intended audience for Technical Publications is not only the (proficient) end user, but also the
administrator or the service and maintenance technician. In comparison to the format of more
typical ‘cook book’ style used by the majority of instruction manuals, the majority of Technical
Publications are intended to provide the user with enough information so that they are able to
understand the inner and outer dependencies of a certain product.
• Technical Writers and Technical Translators who are employed to translate the very specialised and
formalised documents of Technical Publications into an easy to read prose format which would be
easily accessible to the highest number of potential readers. It is therefore more common practise
that engineers, scientists and other professionals tend to produce a highly technical document and
then employ a professional technical writer in order for them to proof read, edit and format the
documents.

5. THE PRODUCTION OF TECHNICAL
PUBLICATIONS
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The five phases of producing a Technical Publication are:
• Information Gathering and planning
• Content Specification
• Content Development and Implementation
• Production of the actual document itself
• Evaluation followed by publication.

6. WHERE CAN I PROCURE TECHNICAL
PUBLICATIONS AND RELATED SERVICES?
• We are a leading supplier of Technical Publications, Training, Translations, Integrated Logistic Support,
Through Life Support and Operational Support Systems to both the Defence and Commercial Markets in
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