Standards
ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English (STE) Maintenance Group
The Simplified Technical English Maintenance Group (STEMG) is an international group of representatives who maintain and update the STE specification which gives rules, a dictionary of approved words and underlying principles to produce technical documentation that is clear, concise, accurate and translatable. Ciaran Dodd is the UK’s representative on the STEMG.
Standards Coordination Working Group
From a UK perspective, this working group is focused on the development of international standards and specifications which address ‘Information sharing related to Support’.
This includes but is not limited to the S-Series suite of Integrated Product Support (IPS) specifications and the NATO AP10 IPS standard.
Julian Dayment is the TD-Info lead for this Working Group
Integrated Product Support IPS Council
The IPS Council, chaired by TD-Info, brings together European and USA organisations to collaborate in the development, maintenance and promotion of the ASD/AIA S-Series IPS specifications.
Simplified Technical English (STE) Support Team UK (STEST-UK)
The STEST-UK has representatives from leading UK organisations that use STE. The role of the STEST-UK is to represent UK changes and recommendations to the STEMG and share developments in STE to UK organisations.
Events
Information on all sector-relevant events, run by TD-Info and other organisations.
Standards Coordination WG
The Mission of the Standards Coordination working group is to coordinate, for the UK, the MOD and Industry representation in the identification, development, deployment and maintenance of a coherent set of standards to meet the needs of UK Defence from this global...
Knowledge Fridays Café
‘Knowledge Fridays Café’ These regular informal meetings are opportunities to build our community and knowledge management practice through a series of guest speakers and discussion drawing from our memberships and further afield. These meetings help to inform our...
ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English® (STE) Training Courses
What is STE? ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English (STE) is a well-developed standard developed to make technical documentation clear, concise, and unambiguous. Read more on STE and the STE standard here. Benefits of learning and using STE The benefits include...
News
News and blogs to keep you in the know.
Chief of Defence Logistics and Support (CDLS) Commendations 2024 – Open to Industry Nominations
CDLS Vice Admiral Andy Kyte would like to invite you to nominate individuals and teams who have gone over and above their day-to-day role to make a significant contribution to Support. TD-Info is supporting CDLS to secure nomination from industry, complimenting...
Software Enabled Defence in Conjunction with Value Management: Blog – The Compelling Narrative
The nature of global threats to Nations, their Governments and Defence is accelerating in variety, pace, and ingenuity. UK Government and specifically MOD must be able to generate capability to fit the threat with a pace of relevance at agility and at...
DSF Newsletter – November 2023
The Defence Supplier's Forum Newsletter for November 2023