Designing an Information Set for Single-Sourcing
http://www.stc.org/confproceed/1999/PDFs/stc-48.pdf

Baker, Mark
STC Proceedings
1999

Abstract:

The single source in a robust single source system is not any one of the outputs that may be created from that source. The single source is an information set from which many outputs may be created. Designing an information set is different from designing a document. Greater structure is required, and that structure must be available to the process that creates information products as output, not simply to the reader. A good information set design involves creating a data model, mapping information relationships, and defining patterns of change.