Editing Single-source publishing (section)

{{Short description|Content publishing method}}
'''Single-source publishing''', also known as '''single-sourcing publishing''', is a [[content management]] method which allows the same source [[Content (media)|content]] to be used across different forms of [[Media (communication)|media]] and more than one time.<ref>Kay Ethier, ''XML and FrameMaker'', pg. 19. [[New York City|New York]]: [[Apress]], 2004. {{ISBN|9781430207191}}</ref><ref>Lucas Walsh, "The Application of Single-Source Publishing to E-Government." Taken from ''Encyclopedia of Digital Government'', pg. 64. Eds. Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko and Matti Mälkiä. [[Hershey, Pennsylvania|Hershey]]: IGI Global, 2007. {{ISBN|9781591407904}}</ref><ref>[http://www.stylusstudio.com/single_source_publishing.html Single-Source Publishing] at [[Stylus Studio]]. Copyright © 2005-2013 [[Progress Software]]. Accessed June 11, 2013.</ref><ref name=petra>[http://www.writersua.com/articles/singlesource/ Single-Source Publishing with Flare]. Copyright © 2010 WritersUA. Published November 16, 2010; accessed June 11, 2013.</ref> The labor-intensive and expensive work of [[Technical editing#Technical editing|editing]] need only be carried out once, on only one document;<ref name=cms>Barry Schaeffer, [http://www.cmswire.com/cms/information-management/single-source-publishing-creating-customized-output-015069.php Single-Source Publishing: Creating Customized Output]. CMS Wire, 3 April 2012. Accessed 10 June 2013.</ref> that source document (the [[single source of truth]]) can then be stored in one place and reused.<ref>[[Ann Rockley]] and Charles Cooper, [https://books.google.com/books?id=82X6jGY_dHMC&dq=single+source+publishing&pg=PT75 Managing Enterprise Content: A Unified Content Strategy], Chapter 5: Product content. 2nd ed. [[Berkeley, California|Berkeley]]: [[New Riders Press]], 2012. {{ISBN|9780132931649}}</ref> This reduces the potential for error, as corrections are only made one time in the source document.<ref>Janet Mackenzie, ''The Editor's Companion'', pg. 92. [[Cambridge]]: [[Cambridge University Press]], 2011. {{ISBN|9781107402188}}</ref>

The benefits of single-source publishing primarily relate to the editor rather than the [[User (computing)|user]]. The user benefits from the consistency that single-sourcing brings to terminology and information. This assumes the content manager has applied an organized [[Conceptualization (information science)|conceptualization]] to the underlying content (A poor conceptualization can make single-source publishing less useful).<ref name=petra/> Single-source publishing is sometimes used synonymously with '''multi-channel publishing''' though whether or not the two terms are synonymous is a matter of discussion.<ref name=mek>[http://www.mekon.com/index.php/pages/knowledge_zone/single-sourcing-multi-channel-publishing/technology_standards Single-Source & Multi-Channel Publishing] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100406072258/http://www.mekon.com/index.php/pages/knowledge_zone/single-sourcing-multi-channel-publishing/technology_standards |date=2010-04-06 }}. © 2013 Mekon, accessed 23 June 2013.</ref>