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FAQs of IETMs – Code And Pixels
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Table of Contents
What is the full form of IETM? ................................................................................................................... 2
Interactive Electronic Technical Manual......................................................................................................... 2
What is an IETM document? ...................................................................................................................... 2
What is IETM VIEWER? .............................................................................................................................. 3
Where do I use IETMs? .............................................................................................................................. 3
How many Levels are in use? ..................................................................................................................... 4
What is the INDIAN standard of IETM?....................................................................................................... 5
Is IETM freeware or open source?.............................................................................................................. 5
Do I need to know the programming language to make/develop IETM?................................................. 5
IETM for ARMY....................................................................................................................................... 6
What is S1000D IETM? ........................................................................................................................... 6
Code and Pixels Interactive Technologies Private Limited (CNP) is an IT service provider
based in Hyderabad (India). We provide end-to-end Software developmentand IETMs
(INDIAN STANDARD IETM JSG 0852:2001, LEVELS 3,4,5 and European Aviation Standard IETM
S1000D, lEVEL4), specialized in innovative use of technology.
FAQs of IETMs – Code and Pixels

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What is the full form of IETM?
Interactive Electronic Technical Manual.
Let’s understand what the meaning of IETM is. IETM is a Manual or softcopy of any book. Even
PDF scanned files can also be called IETM. Any books, documents that arein digital format are
IETMs.
Because if the book is seen in computer or whatever the manuals we see in a digitaldevice
is called Electronic Manual. If this manual is technical then it is called ETM, Electronic
Technical Manual.
If this manual is dynamic or has multiple references in the form of hyperlinks,
hotspots, etc, it is called Interactivity.
Whichever Manual is digital has technical information and contains cross-references arecalled
Interactive electronic Technical Manual.
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What is an IETM document?
Many people think that IETM is a separate format like MS Word (.DOC) or Portable
Document File (PDF)IETM is a technical term used to represent but not a format. Even PDF file
is also ETM. Normal scanned images compiled together is Level -1 IETM and PDF has hyperlinks,
cross-references, indexing which means interactivity is called Level
-2 IETM.
Level -3 IETM uses XML or HTML and makes it much dynamic than PDF. Level -4 is database-
based IETM. All the manuals are converted into the MYSQL database and stored. A viewer is
used to access the data based on the user request, data will be pulledfrom the database and
displayed to user.
Level-1 and LEVEL -2 its PDF file. Level -3 HTML-based web application, LEVEL 4 isDatabases
based web application.

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What is IETM VIEWER?
IETM Viewer is software that is used to see the manuals that are converted into a
database.
Level 1,2 does not need any IETM viewers because they are PDF files. Level -3 is HTMLbased. A
complete manual is converted into HTML/XML files page-wise like we create a website. Images,
illustrations will be placed in a folder. HTML/text, Images, Illustrations, Images,etc are called
media assets.
Using IETM Viewer, one can see all the files in a structured way. IETM Viewer is a pieceof
software that is used to view the documents and also used for interactivity and switchbetween
topics, subtopics, cross reference, hyperlinks, etc.
In the case of Level -4 this viewer is very powerful and gives full power to the user forquick
access.
Where do I use IETMs?
IETMs are basically used in the defense system. A couple of years backs OEMs used todeliver
many sets of hard copies to end-users (Navy/Army/IAF) if the number of pages isless, in this
case, it is easy to refer for troubleshooting or operational procedures, etc.
For complex systems i.e. Missiles, Defence vehicles, communication, and non-
communication systems where many systems and subsystems are involved, whichmakes
the document count goes in thousands.
In such cases when the issue arises it will be very difficult to do quick referring. In suchcases,
IETMs are very very effectively used.
These IETMs are now made as mandatory deliverables along with actual equipment bythe
Indian defense.

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This IETM follows Indian defense guidelines, standards JSG 0852:2019 which gives
guidelines for IETM structure.
How many Levels are in use?
When the electronic revolution started in 1990, PDF files were used as IETM till 2000.They
used to be scanned images/raster images. Searching and hyper linking indexingwere not
possible in those raster images. These are called LEVEL -1 IETM
Advancement in technology, use of OCR, and other features was added in PDF files. Thus PDF
was made with selectable text, images, tables, hyperlinks, and indexing etc.Cross-references
hyperlinks made PDF more interactive and user-friendly. These werecalled LEVEL -2
In level -2 there was one limitation. If the user manual or PDF file is single, then LEVEL 2worked
well. Hyperlinks inside a single PDF were possible but refereeing multiple PDFs
i.e. cross-reference between manuals was again a challenge. For instance, let us assumethat a
user is looking for troubleshooting of some device and the troubleshooting requires the user to
see the operational manual and technical manual etc.
Cross referring to multiple manuals was a problem. During that time HTML 5 has very strongly
emerged as technology (2012). Taking advantage of technology, all these filesare converted into
HTML -5 and an IETM viewer is a piece of software program developed to see the files. This is
LEVEL -3.
When the documents were thousands in number and ultra-quick navigation is needed for user
inputs. In this scenario LEVEL, -4 was evolved. Level -4 is Database driven softwarewhich is way
ahead powerful than all the previous levels.

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What is the INDIAN standard of IETM?
This IETM was initiated in US defense having MIL-PRF-87268A number (MIL-M-87268,87269)
Based on these MIL standards, the Ministry of Defense, Directorate of
Standardization, Joint service Guide (JSG) has framed guidelines which is 0852:2019.Code and
Pixels IETM framework is developed based on the Indian defense standard.
Is IETM freeware or open source?
IETM is not freeware and not open-source. It’s customized software developed as per thedefense
guidelines. This IETM framework or software is designed using Angular,
Node.Js, MYSQL databases.
IETM software has 3 Login modes. User, Admin, and Super Admin or authoring tool.
Users can see the manuals and Admin can create users and monitor user activities andsuper
Admin can be used to create IETM content/database. Super Admin is also calledas Authoring
mode
Do I need to know the programming language to make/develop IETM?
If you want to edit IETM level -3, you need basic HTML. Edit means you can edit the IETM
developed by us. Similarly, if you want to edit IETM Level -4 you need not have anyprogramming
skills. We have inbuilt text editors to edit the content and easy to use GUI toupdate the content.

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IETM for ARMY
There is no specific standard for IETM ARMY. For Indian defense, there is a singlestandard
used. May it be for ARMY IETM, NAVY IETM, or AIR FORCE IETM. Thestandard id JSG
0852.
What is S1000D IETM?
The way JSG 0852 is the standard of Indian IETMs, S1000D is the standard for defenseIETM.
Usage may be similar, but the Complete structure of IETM is entirely different from Indian
standards.
S1000D uses XML files whereas JSG uses MySQL as a database. S1000D is a very costly solution.
Users/Navy need to have S1000D CSDB studio to get all the documentsconverted as per
S1000D.
If the navy /airforce does not have an S1000D suit or a CSDB studio then going for
S1000D is absolutely no use. It is just like going for Level -3 IETM of Indian standard
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