Publication Manager
Contains descriptions of publications, baseline, translating, personalizing, and publication life cycles.
Publications
Publications are objects that manage how a deliverable is generated. Publications provide the context for how the DITA content in the repository is assembled for output.
- Versions of referenced objects (topics, maps, and images) that are used
- Values of variables
- Values of conditions that are included or excluded
- Output format
Each publication references a single map or bookmap. The MAP can reference as many topics and other maps as are needed.
The publication also refers to resources, which are variable libraries that contain the values that you want to use for any variable references that are found in the publication topics.
Baseline
A baseline is a snapshot of the versions of objects stored inside the repository. A publication always contains one baseline.
Translating publications
Translations cannot be managed in Publication Manager.
When you want to start translating a publication, notify your localization manager. You can wait until your publication is released in the source language, or you can deliver drops to the translation agency before the publication is released.
Localization manager uses the SDL LiveContent Architect Web Client to export topics for translation; they also will use the Web Client to import the translated topics that are returned from the translation agency.
Personalizing a publication
- Conditional text
- Variables
Publication Manager enables you to control which conditions are published and how variables are resolved.
The lifecycle of a publication
Publications can have multiple versions. A version can be released, which means that no additional changes can be made to it or any of the content. Releasing a publication ensures that the output can always be reproduced exactly. Before a publication can be released, all of its components must be in a released state.
Once all of the content is released, you can freeze the baseline. This means that you cannot change the content, but you still can change condition settings and output formats. Once you are satisfied that the output formats generate correctly, you can release the publication. After a publication is released, no changes can be made to that version of the publication.