Default S1000D directory

I'm not sure if this applies equally to S1000D, but we did something similar for DITA. We wanted to make the structured application available through Subversion so it would be easy to roll out updates. In broad brushstrokes, here is what we did.

We made a copy of the file structure, starting with the Structure directory, using only the structured applications we wanted exposed to the writers.

Then we modified the structapps.fm file to contain only those structured applications.

Finally, we modified the StructureDir line in the maker.ini file to point to the location of the copied Structure directory.

I don't know if there is something in the FrameMaker implementation of S1000D that prohibits this, but is easy enough to test because you can always point StructureDir back to the default location if it blows up in your face.