Copyediting – Process

The primary goal of this process is to release a reviewed, copyedited, and proofed manuscript as a publication in print and digital formats.

The process covers the following objectives:

The following roles are relevant in the context of this process and need to be assigned to persons or teams / groups involved in the process.

Role	Task	Assigned staff
Process Manager (PM)	To maintain the process definition / description (this document) To perform process reviews as a basis for the continual improvement of the effectiveness and efficiency of the process To ensure adequate communication to increase the awareness for the process To organize trainings on the process for people involved in the process To set up the initial Book File and template Document Files	Vincent
Typesetter	To produce the typeset document files	Arbaab, Vincent

Business objects are “things” that are required, produced, or processed by the process or one of its activities. The following objects are relevant:

Business Object	Description
Copyedited Manuscript	Set of chapter documents, images, tables, captions, and alt text that comes out of Copyediting
Book File	File containing all Document Files in Typesetting Software
Document File	Backmatter, frontmatter, or chapter file in Typesetting Software
Style Guide	Standardized Record of particular aspects of the manuscript.
Template Book File	File containing all Document Files in Typesetting Software that is used as template
Template Document File	Backmatter, frontmatter, or chapter file in Typesetting Software that is used as template

Input	Template Document File, Template Book File, Style Guide
Roles Involved	PM
Outputs	Document File(s), Book File
Actions	Set Up Initial Document and Book Files Notify Typesetter the manuscript is in their queue ready for Typesetting
Alternative Actions, Exceptions, Additional Information