Sector content and pathways

Manufacturing: useful technical product information

An industrial site should help verify an application, compatibility and the information necessary for a technical request. The file and the downloadable document must use the same references and units.

These files describe preparation methods. They do not present customer achievements and do not replace the validation of information by the organization concerned.

All sectoral files

Define a structure by range

Separate dimensions, advertised performance, materials, interfaces and conditions of use. A data must specify its unit and, if necessary, the measurement conditions provided by its source. An empty cell does not allow copying the value of another reference. Keep model names and identifiers stable in translations.

Bind Documents and Versions

Associate each document with the relevant references and indicate its language and version when they are known. A download should explain its contents before opening. Remove or archive an obsolete plug without mixing its old specification with that of the current product.

Prepare a technical request

Request the application, the constraints and the envisaged reference rather than a free text without context. Explain what information can be requested next. Do not encourage public sending of confidential plans; Indicate the appropriate channel when the exchange is to be framed.

Test Units and Compatibility

Control a comparison between two close models and a document in another language. Verify that the decimal point, units, and tolerances are not interpreted as value changes. A translation of the sheet requires technical validation, especially when the text describes a limit of use.

Assign technical validation

The writing can structure the information, but the characteristics and limitations must be approved by their manager. Keep the source, date and control status. When a reference is replaced, indicate the relationship only if it is confirmed and do not claim full equivalence without proof.

Information to gather before writing

Homogeneous references and units
Conditions of announced values
Documents with language and version
Confirmed compatibilities
Technical Validation Manager

For each item, keep the source, the person validating it and the language versions concerned. Missing information must become a question to solve, never a value invented to fill the page.

Frequently asked questions

Automatically convert units?

A conversion must be checked and presented without changing the accuracy or tolerances. Keep the reference unit when it facilitates verification.

Translate references?

Product identifiers remain stable. Translate explanations and labels without making another template code.

Compare old files?

Report their version and status. The comparison should not suggest that an old reference remains available.

resources to deepen

Additional reference: W3C Wai: Structure an accessible page. The sectoral recommendations of this sheet are an editorial method; This reference does not certify the information specific to an establishment.

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