Providing enhanced functionality in an interactive electronic technical manual

An apparatus for importing information of a source document for a publication of technical documentation for an item into an interactive electronic technical manual system (IETM) configured to provide electronic and credentialed access to the technical documentation for the item via an IETM viewer, the apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including a computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to:

• for each format structure of a plurality of format structures found in the information of the source document:
• read the format structure found in the information, the format structure configured to contribute to an organizational framework of the source document for readability of the information found in the source document;
• and
• assign a tag to a component of the information found in the source document corresponding to the format structure, wherein the tag (1) identifies the format structure and the component of the information and (2) is configured to allow display of the format structure for the component of the information on a window via the IETM viewer;
• receive input for a request to view the information for the source document made by a user signed into the IETM, wherein the request is made by the user via the IETM viewer executing on a user computing entity;
• and
• responsive to receiving the input:
• generate the window based at least in part on the tag for each format structure of the plurality of format structures found in the information to display each format structure on the window along with the corresponding component of the information to provide the organizational framework of the source document on the window, and
• provide the window for display via the IETM viewer.

A non-transitory computer storage medium comprising instructions for importing information of a source document for a publication of technical documentation for an item into an interactive electronic technical manual system (IETM) configured to provide electronic and credentialed access to the technical documentation for the item via an IETM viewer, the instructions being configured to cause one or more processors to at least perform operations configured to:

• for each format structure of a plurality of format structures found in the information of the source document:
• read the format structure found in the information, the format structure configured to contribute to an organizational framework of the source document for readability of the information found in the source document;
• and
• assign a tag to a component of the information found in the source document corresponding to the format structure, wherein the tag (1) identifies the format structure and the component of the information and (2) is configured to allow display of the format structure for the component of the information on a window via the IETM viewer;
• receive input for a request to view the information for the source document made by a user signed into the IETM, wherein the request is made by the user via the IETM viewer executing on a user computing entity;
• and
• responsive to receiving the input:
• generate the window based at least in part on the tag for each format structure of the plurality of format structures found in the information to display each format structure on the window along with the corresponding component of the information to provide the organizational framework of the source document on the window, and
• provide the window for display via the IETM viewer.