ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on information design models for effective single sourcing. Creating effective content for single sourcing through information databases and in support of dynamic documents requires highly structured content based on information models. Single source materials are materials that come from single location and consist of information objects, not files. The information objects are assembled to create information products. Therefore, information is written once, eliminating redundancy and errors that can occur when there is more than one source of content. Each increasing level of single sourcing brings with it increasing levels of complexity in the structure of information, and therefore the information models, as well. The identical content requires simple models, but the static customized content requires that one match models from one information product to another to determine reusable elements across documents. A dynamic content engine requires detailed information product models so that engine can programmatically interpret customer's needs, and assemble a document that is effective and usable.
