This repository contains the LaTeX source files for the MSL Quality Manual and supplementary documents.
The authoritative versions of the manual and supplements are held on the AODocs MSL Quality Management System Library. The files available in this github repository are, in general, undergoing change and will not have been approved by the MSL Quality Council.
The MSL Quality Manual is typeset using pdfLaTeX. A number of source files are complied to produce the final PDF document. There are several supplements to the Quality Manual that are also typeset in pdfLaTeX. All of the source files needed to produce the Quality Manual and its supplements are available in this repository.
Each document has a folder (e.g., quality_manual_document, guidelines_reporting_publishing), which contains the LaTeX source files (extension .tex) and other files produced during the compilation process.
The name of the main LaTeX document in each folder begins with the prefix MSL_ (e.g., MSL_Guidelines_Measurement_Uncertainty)
To produce a PDF version of the Quality Manual, or one of the supplements, simply compile the corresponding main document. This can be done from the command line (e.g., > pdflatex MSL_Quality_Manual) or by using a LaTeX editing tool. It is necessary to perform two successive compilations to resolve all the cross-references and citation links in the final document.
Compilation of the Quality Manual incorporates cross-references to sections in the supplements. PdfLaTeX looks for these cross-references in auxiliary files (extension .aux) in the supplement folders. It is not necessary to retain .toc, .out, .log, and .gz files in the repository.
The MSL Organisational Structure diagram in the Quality Manual is generated by the GraphViz tool (https://graphviz.org). The source file for this figure is MSL_Org_full.gv (in the pictures sub-folder). This text file can be modified as the composition of MSL changes. Command-line code for generating PDF and PNG format images is included in the comments at the top of the file.