5. Publication

Publication is the provision of information, via a channel (pdf, website, online help) to an audience. Manually adapting these deliverables to different audiences consumes enormous resources. Yet this effort is necessary to convey information effectively: providing a pdf with all the information for all smartphone users is not optimal. Publishing produces a deliverable resulting from the processing of information with a view to use.

Structured authoring tools automate publication using a single source of information with filters adapted to audiences or uses (figure