oManual is a simple, open XML-based standard for semantic, multimedia-rich procedural manuals.
Read the specificationTraditional procedural documents like service manuals don't meet the needs of modern applications. Documents need to incorporate multimedia and understand prerequisite dependencies. The oManual file format enables interoperability while allowing complete flexibility of presentation.
Standard interchange format. Convert from legacy document formats to oManual. Convert from oManual to PDF, OASIS, HTML, or even drop it into a relational database.
A consistent data format allows you to focus on what you're doing. Rather than burying a rare photo in masses of text, oManual puts the emphasis where it belongs: on the photos, with textual annotations.