Configuration management method and device for technical publication

Abstract

The invention discloses a configuration management method and device for technical publications. According to the invention, a design bill of materials (EBOM) is mapped to a technical publication bill of materials (TPBOM), and correlation information between components of the EBOM and corresponding components in the TPBOM is generated based on the mapping. A technical publication item may be generated using the TPBOM as source data. In response to a change in a component of the EBOM, a corresponding component in the TPBOM may be automatically updated based on the association information. Further, the technical publication item may be selectively modified based on updating the TPBOM.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the field of technical publications, and in particular to a configuration management method and device for technical publications. Background Art

[0002] Engine technical publications are important technical documents that guide engine users to correctly use and maintain engine products, and are an important part of customer service. At present, the overall design and assembly of aircraft engines are usually displayed using three-dimensional models, and the source data of technical publications has also changed from two-dimensional drawings to three-dimensional models. At this stage, the main engine manufacturers usually store three-dimensional models on online design platforms, and form an engineering bill of materials (EBOM) based on design and manufacturing to facilitate integrated design activities. In the process of compiling technical publications, the model files need to be downloaded from the online design platform to the local computer, edited to meet customer service requirements, and then uploaded to the technical publication compilation management system for management and control. There is no correlation between the two systems.

[0003] On the one hand, the structure of EBOM is different from the requirements of publication standards, and the original model attributes of EBOM cannot fully meet the business needs of technical publications. Therefore, EBOM cannot be directly used in the preparation of technical publications.

[0004] On the other hand, the model file download process is time-consuming and prone to errors, local models are difficult to manage, take up a lot of computer space, and cannot be updated in a timely manner, resulting in technical publications being unable to reflect the latest product configurations.

[0005] Therefore, there is a need in the art for an improved configuration management method and apparatus for aircraft engine technical publications. Summary of the invention

[0006] The present invention provides an improved configuration management method and device for aircraft engine technical publications. The technology provided by the present invention can solve one or more of the technical problems mentioned above. For example, in one embodiment, a TPBOM concept is proposed, which has a data mapping relationship with EBOM, has a degree of free disposal, and meets the business needs of publications. In another embodiment, by integrating the publication entity production tool into the design platform, the model can be directly produced by online calling, which reduces the time for data upload and download and the possible data loss problem. In another embodiment, by building TPBOM and online data transmission technology, the design platform and the technical publication compilation management platform are associated to achieve data consistency and real-time controllability between the design end and the service guarantee end, realize the full life cycle management of the technical publication entity object, and optimize the configuration management process. The technical solutions in the above various embodiments can be implemented individually or in combination.

[0007] In one embodiment of the present invention, a configuration management method for technical publications is provided, which includes: mapping a design bill of materials EBOM to a technical publication bill of materials TPBOM that conforms to a standard coding system for technical publications; generating association information between components of the EBOM and corresponding components in the TPBOM based on the mapping; generating a technical publication project using the TPBOM as source data; and in response to changes in components of the EBOM, updating corresponding components in the TPBOM based on the association information.

[0008] On the one hand, mapping the EBOM to the TPBOM further includes: based on the component attributes of the EBOM, adding attributes associated with at least one of component applicability, service bulletin (SB) information, interchangeability, and reference information in the TPBOM.

[0009] In one aspect, the technical publication project references one or more components in the TPBOM, and the method further includes: generating reference information between the technical publication project and the one or more components in the TPBOM.

[0010] On the one hand, the configuration management method for technical publications also includes: in response to a change in a component of the EBOM, pushing change information to a user; receiving feedback input from the user, the feedback input indicating whether the change affects the technical publication project; if the change affects the technical publication project, updating the TPBOM; and in response to the version update of the TPBOM, modifying the technical publication project based on the changed component according to the reference information.

[0011] In one aspect, generating a technical publication project includes: accessing the TPBOM stored in an online design platform online by a multimedia authoring tool.

[0012] In one aspect, generating a technical publication item further comprises at least one of: creating a technical publication item; making a physical object; saving the technical publication item; modifying the technical publication item.

[0013] In one aspect, the configuration management method is used for technical publication management of aircraft engines.

[0014] In one embodiment of the present invention, a computer readable medium storing a computer program is provided. When the computer program is executed by a processor, the processor executes any one of the methods described above.

[0015] In one embodiment of the present invention, a configuration management device for technical publications is provided, which includes: a mapping module, which is configured to map a design bill of materials EBOM to a technical publication bill of materials TPBOM that complies with a standard coding system for technical publications; an association module, which is configured to generate association information between components of the EBOM and corresponding components in the TPBOM based on the mapping; a multimedia production tool, which is configured to generate a technical publication project using the TPBOM as source data; and a change module, which is configured to update the corresponding components in the TPBOM based on the association information in response to changes in components of the EBOM.

[0016] In one aspect, the mapping module is further configured to add attributes associated with at least one of component applicability, service bulletin (SB) information, interchangeability, and reference information in the TPBOM based on the component attributes of the EBOM.

[0017] In one aspect, the technical publication project references one or more components in the TPBOM, and the multimedia authoring tool is further configured to generate reference information between the technical publication project and the one or more components in the TPBOM.

[0018] On the one hand, the change module is further configured to: push change information to a user in response to a change in a component of the EBOM; receive feedback input from the user, the feedback input indicating whether the change affects the technical publication project; and if the change affects the technical publication project, perform a version update on the TPBOM, wherein the multimedia production tool is further configured to modify the technical publication project based on the changed component according to the reference information in response to the version update of the TPBOM.

[0019] In one aspect, the multimedia authoring tool is configured to perform at least one of: create a technical publication item; author a physical object; save the technical publication item; modify the technical publication item.

[0020] In one aspect, the configuration management device is used for technical publication management of aircraft engines. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0021] Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of BOM data mapping according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0022] Figure 2 It is a schematic diagram of freely definable column attributes of TPBOM according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0023] Figure 3 It is a schematic diagram of the configuration change management function according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0024] Figure 4 It is a schematic diagram of online data transmission function according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0025] Figure 5 is a flow chart of a configuration management method for technical publications according to one embodiment of the present invention.

[0026] Figure 6 4 is a structural block diagram of a configuration management device for technical publications according to an embodiment of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0027] The present invention will be further described below in conjunction with specific embodiments and drawings, but the protection scope of the present invention shall not be limited thereto.

[0028] The present invention provides a configuration management method and device for technical publications. The present invention maps a design bill of materials (EBOM) to a technical publication bill of materials (TPBOM), and generates association information between components of the EBOM and corresponding components in the TPBOM based on the mapping. The TPBOM can be used as source data to generate a technical publication project. In response to changes in components of the EBOM, the corresponding components in the TPBOM can be automatically updated based on the association information. Furthermore, the technical publication project can be selectively modified based on updating the TPBOM.

[0029] Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of BOM data mapping according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0030] The design and manufacturing-based bill of materials (EBOM) is a data structure organized to facilitate the development of integrated design activities. The structure of the EBOM is different from the requirements of publication standards, so the EBOM cannot be directly used in the preparation of technical publications.

[0031] According to one embodiment, components (parts and / or assemblies) can be mapped and reorganized according to the technical publication standard numbering system (SNS) (e.g., SNS based on S1000D, ATA2200 standards, etc.) based on the design bill of materials (EBOM) (100) structure to form a bill of materials (TPBOM) (200) for technical publication business needs. The mapping and reorganization can adjust the combination or association of various parts and / or assemblies. For example, various parts can be classified and reorganized based on functional blocks. For example, in the EBOM, component 1 includes part 1 (part1) and part 2 (part2), and component 2 includes part 3 (part3) and part 4 (part4). In the TPBOM, part 1 (part1), part 2 (part2), and part 4 (part4) can together form component X, and part 3 (part3) may become part of another component (not shown).

[0032] Each component can be identified by a unique identifier (ID). The same component can be identified by the same ID in the EBOM and TPBOM. Based on the mapping of EBOM to TPBOM, association information between the components of the EBOM and the corresponding components in the TPBOM can be generated. As an example and not a limitation, the association information can identify the corresponding component by ID and indicate the corresponding position / path of the component in the EBOM and TPBOM.

[0033] In one embodiment, the components of the EBOM may be fully mapped so that all the components of the EBOM are included in the TPBOM. In another embodiment, the components of the EBOM may be partially mapped so that some of the components required in the EBOM are included in the TPBOM. In one embodiment, the TPBOM may copy and save the information of the components of the EBOM. In another embodiment, the TPBOM may reference the components of the EBOM, such as through a pointer reference, without repeatedly saving the component information.

[0034] TPBOM can be used as direct source data for making entity objects of technical publication projects (300). In one embodiment, TPBOM can also be pushed to the technical publication compilation management platform (400) as source data to bind the data module (500) of the corresponding technical publication.

[0035] As an example and not limitation, one or more technical publication projects may be generated based on the TPBOM, and each technical publication project may reference components of one or more nodes in the TPBOM. For each generated technical publication project, reference information between the technical publication project and one or more nodes (e.g., components contained in the nodes) referenced by the technical publication project in the TPBOM may also be generated and / or saved.

[0036] The structure and attributes of the TPBOM defined in the present invention are different from the service support material bill SBOM used in some technologies. For example, the SBOM usually uses the ATA system, maintenance area and customer service product decomposition as the top-level structure, the configuration layer places configuration items and components and subassemblies, and the bottom layer is the product layer, which is connected to the technical solution nodes in the service support field, such as maintenance engineering analysis data, technical publication manual data, aviation material data, support tool data, etc. The TPBOM of the present invention is organized according to the standard coding system for technical publications, which is more conducive to directly using TPBOM as source data to generate technical publications.

[0037] Figure 2 It is a schematic diagram of freely definable column attributes of TPBOM according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0038] In some cases, the original EBOM model attributes may not fully meet the business needs of technical publications. In one embodiment of the present invention, based on the original attributes (110) of the EBOM parts, the function of adding attribute columns (210) that can be defined by the technical publication configuration manager to meet the business needs of the publication can be added, such as columns such as applicability, SB information, interchangeability, and reference information. As an example and not a limitation, applicability can indicate which models the component is applicable to, service bulletin (SB) information can indicate the relevant SB information of the component, interchangeability can indicate the interchangeability of the component with other similar components, and reference information can indicate the relevant information of the component in the publication, etc.

[0039] In one embodiment, the TPBOM may store both the attributes 110 and the attributes 120 of the part. In another embodiment, the TPBOM may reference the attributes 110 of the EBOM part and only needs to save the newly added attributes 120.

[0040] It should be understood that the newly added attributes listed above are only examples and not limitations. Technical publication configuration managers have the freedom to add appropriate attributes to meet international technical publication standards (eg, S1000D standard, etc.) and technical publication top-level planning requirements.

[0041] Figure 3 It is a schematic diagram of the configuration change management function according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0042] When mapping the EBOM to the TPBOM, the components in the TPBOM may be directly associated with the components in the EBOM, for example, association information between the components in the EBOM and the corresponding components in the TPBOM may be generated, as described above.

[0043] When the parts in the EBOM (100) are changed, the parts in the TPBOM (200) will be automatically changed in conjunction with the parts according to the associated information of the parts, but the version of the TPBOM (200) will still retain the original version. For example, the TPBOM of version A can be initially generated based on the EBOM mapping of version A. When the part 2 in the EBOM changes from version A to version B, the part 2 in the TPBOM is also automatically updated to version B according to the associated information of the parts. In one embodiment, regardless of whether the TPBOM copies or references the part information in the EBOM, the part 2 in the TPBOM can be automatically updated to version B according to the associated information of the parts. However, at this time, the version of the TPBOM is still version A. After the change of the parts, if a new technical publication project is generated based on the TPBOM, the new technical publication project will reference the changed part information (for example, the part 2 of version B).

[0044] In one embodiment, the previously generated technical publication items may not be automatically updated, but whether to update may be determined according to the following process.

[0045] The system (e.g., an online design platform) can automatically determine the affected TPBOM nodes through impact analysis (e.g., based on associated information), can push component change information to the designated notification receiving user (120), and can remind the associated technical publication compiler (220) to evaluate the changes. If the user 120 and / or 220 determines that the EBOM part change has no effect on the object (e.g., technical publication, online entity object) that references the TPBOM (200) (or there is no technical publication or online entity object that references the changed part), the TPBOM will not be upgraded (i.e., version A is retained, but the components therein may have changed). Otherwise, the TPBOM needs to be updated, for example, to the latest version (230). In response to the TPBOM version update, the technical publication project can be automatically modified based on the reference information of the technical publication project and the changed components (e.g., generating a new entity object, updating the corresponding content of the technical publication project, etc.). By tracking the configuration change information in real time, the configuration control process of the technical publication is optimized.

[0046] According to the present invention, TPBOM is defined as an intermediate data state from EBOM to technical publication illustrations. TPBOM can be used as the source data of technical publications to control the configuration of technical illustrations, and the source data of technical publication drawings can be unified, so that production personnel do not need to cut and use models from EBOM according to their own understanding. At the same time, as an input for online production, an association relationship with the illustration can be established. After the change of the model is identified through the association relationship, the illustration upgrade and revision work can be carried out in time, achieving the purpose of configuration control.

[0047] Figure 4 It is a schematic diagram of online data transmission function according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0048] By integrating the technical publication multimedia production tool (500) with the online design platform (PDM, 10), and configuring the transfer rules and data import mapping rules during online data transfer, the technical publication business rules (e.g., BREX based on the S1000D standard), technical publication project creation, online production of entity objects (600) and data publishing can be realized. The entity objects (600) may include, for example, two-dimensional illustrations 610, three-dimensional animations 620, etc.

[0049] After the physical object 600 is completed, the technical publication project can be saved in the database of the online design platform (10) through data transmission, so as to facilitate the subsequent access and modification of the technical publication project (300), and to continue the compilation from the last interruption point when opening it next time. In one embodiment, the information in the EBOM (100) can also be automatically retrieved to generate the content in the engine parts list.

[0050] By implementing the functional interface from the online design platform (10) to the technical publication compilation management system (400), data (e.g., entity object 600, technical publication project 300) can be transferred online to the entity library of the technical publication compilation management system 400. Through SNS matching, entity objects and technical publication data modules (500) can be automatically generated in corresponding chapters.

[0051] After the integration of the PDM system and multimedia production tools, all data can be circulated in the PDM system, forming an online method of producing illustrations for technical publications, which replaces the traditional method of first downloading the model to the local computer and then using the tool to produce illustrations. This avoids the problem of data loss that is prone to occur during the upload and download process of the traditional method. At the same time, all technical illustrations are managed uniformly in the PDM system instead of being managed locally, ensuring the commonality of technical illustrations and the traceability of versions. It also breaks the barrier of no association between local technical illustrations and online models after production using traditional methods, establishes an association between models and technical illustrations in the PDM system, and realizes the function of automatically notifying technical illustration personnel after model changes. There is no need to manually identify changes and judge the scope of impact of changes as in traditional methods. This greatly improves work efficiency while ensuring that changes will not be missed and avoids human errors in judging the scope of impact, thereby ensuring that the configuration of technical illustrations is consistent with that of the model.

[0052] Figure 5 The flowchart of the configuration management method for technical publications according to one embodiment of the present invention can be implemented by a computer, a processor, a controller, an integrated circuit and other devices.

[0053] In step 502, the design bill of materials (EBOM) is mapped to a technical publication bill of materials (TPBOM) that complies with the technical publication standard coding system. In one embodiment, mapping the EBOM to the TPBOM may include: based on the component attributes of the EBOM, adding attributes associated with at least one of the applicability of the component, service bulletin (SB) information, interchangeability, and reference information in the TPBOM.

[0054] In step 504, based on the mapping, association information between the components of the EBOM and the corresponding components in the TPBOM may be generated.

[0055] In step 506, a technical publication project may be generated using TPBOM as source data. Generating a technical publication project may include: accessing the TPBOM stored in the online design platform online by a multimedia production tool. In one embodiment, generating a technical publication project further includes at least one of the following: creating a technical publication project; making a physical object; saving the technical publication project; modifying the technical publication project. The technical publication project may reference one or more components in the TPBOM. Generating a technical publication project may also include: generating reference information between the technical publication project and the one or more components in the TPBOM.

[0056] In step 508 , in response to a change in a component of the EBOM, the corresponding component in the TPBOM is updated based on the association information.

[0057] At step 510, the TPBOM may be optionally updated and the technical publication project may be modified. For example, in response to a change in a component of the EBOM, the change information may be pushed to the user and feedback input may be received from the user, the feedback input indicating whether the change affects the technical publication project. If the component change affects the technical publication project, the TPBOM may be updated. Conversely, if the component change does not affect the technical publication project, the TPBOM may not be updated. In response to the TPBOM being updated, the technical publication project may be modified based on the changed components according to the reference information of the technical publication project.

[0058] Figure 6 6 is a structural block diagram of a configuration management device 60 for technical publications according to an embodiment of the present invention. As an example but not a limitation, the configuration management device can be implemented by an online design platform (10) integrated with a technical publication compilation management system (400).

[0059] The configuration management device 60 may include a mapping module 602, which may be configured to map a design bill of materials (EBOM) to a technical publication bill of materials (TPBOM) that complies with a technical publication standard coding system. In one embodiment, the mapping module 602 may be further configured to: based on the component attributes of the EBOM, add attributes associated with at least one of the applicability of the component, service bulletin (SB) information, interchangeability, and reference information in the TPBOM.

[0060] The configuration management device 60 may further include an association module 604 , which may be configured to generate association information between the components of the EBOM and corresponding components in the TPBOM based on the mapping.

[0061] The configuration management device 60 may also include a multimedia production tool 608, which may be configured to generate a technical publication project using TPBOM as source data. In one embodiment, the multimedia production tool 608 may be configured to perform at least one of the following: create a technical publication project; create an entity object; save a technical publication project; modify a technical publication project, etc. The technical publication project may reference one or more components in TPBOM. The multimedia production tool 608 may be further configured to generate reference information between the technical publication project and the one or more components in TPBOM.

[0062] The configuration management device 60 may also include a change module 606, which may be configured to update the corresponding components in the TPBOM based on the associated information in response to the change of the components of the EBOM. In one embodiment, the change module 606 may be configured to: push the change information to the user in response to the change of the components of the EBOM; receive feedback input from the user, which indicates whether the component change affects the technical publication project; and if the component change affects the technical publication project, update the TPBOM. The multimedia production tool 608 may be further configured to modify the technical publication project based on the changed components in response to the TPBOM version update according to the reference information of the technical publication project.

[0063] The configuration management device 60 may further include a storage component 612 , which may be configured to store various information, instructions, and the like.

[0064] The modules 602, 604, 606, 608, 612 and other modules not shown can transfer data via the bus 601. For example, TPBOM can be transferred as source data to the multimedia production tool 608 via the bus 601 to generate technical publication items, produce physical objects, etc. The multimedia production tool 608 can transfer the generated technical publication items, physical objects, etc. to other modules via the bus 601, for example, to the storage component 612 for storage, to the data publishing module (not shown), etc.

[0065] The present invention proposes a method and device for managing configuration of technical publications based on BOM data mapping, and achieves one or more of the following beneficial effects:

[0066] (1) Build TPBOM online to ensure that all technical publication compilers use the same configuration model data during the compilation process, ensuring the coordination and unification of data between different technical publications;

[0067] (2) By establishing the relationship between EBOM, TPBOM and technical publication entities, timely transmission of changes and timely acquisition of change information are achieved, thereby ensuring the configuration consistency of technical publication data and design data;

[0068] (3) By improving the interface between the design platform and the technical publication compilation and management system, the automatic push of physical objects and the automatic generation of data modules between the two platforms based on the standard numbering system (SNS) and split code matching are realized, laying the foundation for the automatic generation of the illustrated parts catalog (IPC);

[0069] (4) The configuration management method and device according to the present invention can be used for the management of technical publications for aircraft engines, aircraft, vehicles, ships, etc.

[0070] The various steps and modules of the methods and devices described above can be implemented with hardware, software, or a combination thereof. If implemented in hardware, the various illustrative steps, modules, and circuits described in conjunction with the present disclosure can be implemented or executed with a general-purpose processor, a digital signal processor (DSP), an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field programmable gate array (FPGA), or other programmable logic components, hardware components, or any combination thereof. The general-purpose processor can be a processor, a microprocessor, a controller, a microcontroller, or a state machine, etc. If implemented in software, the various illustrative steps and modules described in conjunction with the present disclosure can be stored on a computer-readable medium or transmitted as one or more instructions or codes. The software modules that implement the various operations of the present disclosure can reside in a storage medium, such as RAM, flash memory, ROM, EPROM, EEPROM, registers, hard disks, removable disks, CD-ROMs, cloud storage, etc. The storage medium can be coupled to a processor so that the processor can read and write information from / to the storage medium, and execute corresponding program modules to implement the various steps of the present disclosure. Moreover, the software-based embodiments can be uploaded, downloaded, or remotely accessed by appropriate communication means. Such appropriate communications means include, for example, the Internet, the World Wide Web, an intranet, software applications, cable (including fiber optic cables), magnetic communications, electromagnetic communications (including RF, microwave and infrared communications), electronic communications or other such communications means.

[0071] The numerical values ​​given in each embodiment are only examples and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. In addition, as an overall technical solution, there are other components or steps that are not listed in the claims or description of the present invention. Moreover, a single name of a component does not exclude other names of the component.

[0072] It should also be noted that these embodiments may be described as a process depicted as a flow chart, flow diagram, structure diagram, or block diagram. Although the flow chart may describe the operations as sequential processes, many of these operations can be performed in parallel or concurrently. In addition, the order of these operations can be rearranged.

[0073] The disclosed methods, devices, and systems should not be limited in any way. On the contrary, the present disclosure covers all novel and non-obvious features and aspects of the various disclosed embodiments (alone and in various combinations and sub-combinations with each other). The disclosed methods, devices, and systems are not limited to any specific aspects or features or combinations thereof, nor do any disclosed embodiments require the existence of any one or more specific advantages or the resolution of specific or all technical problems.

[0074] The present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned specific embodiments, which are merely illustrative and not restrictive. Under the guidance of the present invention, ordinary technicians in this field can make many forms without departing from the scope of protection of the present invention and the claims, all of which belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A configuration management method for technical publications, characterized in that: include: Map the design bill of materials EBOM to the technical publication bill of materials TPBOM that complies with the technical publication standard coding system; Generate association information between components of the EBOM and corresponding components in the TPBOM based on the mapping; Generate a technical publication project using the TPBOM as source data; as well as In response to a change in a component of the EBOM, a corresponding component in the TPBOM is updated based on the association information.

2. The configuration management method for technical publications according to claim 1, characterized in that: Mapping the EBOM to the TPBOM further includes: Based on the component attributes of the EBOM, attributes associated with at least one of the component applicability, service bulletin (SB) information, interchangeability, and reference information are added to the TPBOM.

3. The configuration management method for technical publications according to claim 1, characterized in that: The technical publication item references one or more components in the TPBOM, and the method further comprises: Reference information between the technical publication item and the one or more components in the TPBOM is generated.

4. The configuration management method for technical publications according to claim 3, characterized in that: Also includes: In response to a change in a component of the EBOM, push change information to a user; receiving feedback input from a user, the feedback input indicating whether the change affects the technical publication item; If the change affects the technical publication project, the TPBOM is updated; as well as In response to the TPBOM being updated, the technical publication item is modified based on the changed component according to the reference information.

5. The configuration management method for technical publications according to claim 1, characterized in that: Projects that generate technical publications include: The TPBOM stored in the online design platform is accessed online by the multimedia production tool.

6. The configuration management method for technical publications according to claim 5, characterized in that: Generating a technical publication project further includes at least one of the following: Create a technical publications project; Make physical objects; Preservation of technical publication items; Modify the technical publications project.

7. The configuration management method for technical publications according to claim 1, characterized in that: The configuration management method is used for the management of technical publications of aircraft engines.

8. A computer readable medium storing a computer program, which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform the method according to any one of claims 1 to 7.

9. A configuration management device for technical publications, characterized in that: include: A mapping module configured to map a design bill of materials EBOM to a technical publication bill of materials TPBOM conforming to a technical publication standard coding system; an association module configured to generate association information between components of the EBOM and corresponding components in the TPBOM based on the mapping; A multimedia authoring tool configured to generate a technical publication project using the TPBOM as source data; as well as A change module is configured to update corresponding components in the TPBOM based on the association information in response to a change in components of the EBOM.

10. The configuration management device for technical publications according to claim 9, characterized in that: The mapping module is further configured to: Based on the component attributes of the EBOM, attributes associated with at least one of the component applicability, service bulletin (SB) information, interchangeability, and reference information are added to the TPBOM.

11. The configuration management device for technical publications according to claim 9, characterized in that: The technical publication item references one or more components in the TPBOM, and the multimedia authoring tool is further configured to: Reference information between the technical publication item and the one or more components in the TPBOM is generated.

12. The configuration management device for technical publications according to claim 11, characterized in that: The change module is further configured to: In response to a change in a component of the EBOM, push change information to a user; receiving feedback input from a user, the feedback input indicating whether the change affects the technical publication item; as well as If the change affects the technical publication project, the TPBOM is updated. The multimedia authoring tool is further configured to modify the technical publication project based on the changed components according to the reference information in response to a version update of the TPBOM.

13. The configuration management device for technical publications according to claim 9, characterized in that: The multimedia authoring tool is configured to perform at least one of the following: Create a technical publications project; Make physical objects; Preservation of technical publication items; Modify the technical publications project.

14. The configuration management device for technical publications according to claim 9, characterized in that: The configuration management device is used for the management of technical publications of aircraft engines.

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