# Six regulated verticals.

Documentation in regulated industries isn't writing — it's compliance engineering. Domain depth, not generic skill, bridges the named standards.

## Documentation in regulated industries is compliance engineering.

Documentation in regulated industries isn't writing — it's compliance engineering. The artifacts produced are tested against named standards by auditors, regulators, attorneys, and ops teams. Stylistic prose is downstream of conformance; the artifact either meets the standard or it doesn't.

What gets shipped is what gets audited. The cost of a miss isn't a stylistic edit; it's a regulatory finding, a delayed approval, a recall, a fine, a claims dispute, a contract default. Documentation engineering is risk engineering through a particular surface — the page, the topic, the data module.

- ### Government & Defense

S1000D Data Module authoring, Interactive Electronic Technical Manuals (IETMs), ITAR/EAR-compliant content workflows, and MIL-STD-40051 publications. We manage the full CSDB lifecycle.

- ### Financial Services

Policy & procedure management, SOX/Basel III audit-trail documentation, dynamic reporting with XBRL, and single-source compliance portals for internal and regulatory audiences.

- ### Insurance

Modular Product Disclosure Statements (PDS), state/province-specific policy variant assembly using DITA profiling, claims processing SOPs, and agent-facing knowledge bases.

- ### Life Sciences

FDA Structured Product Labeling (SPL), EU MDR Instructions for Use (IFU), Clinical Study Reports (ICH E3), 21 CFR Part 11 validated documentation workflows, and eCTD submission content.

- ### Transportation

VIN-specific owner's manuals, DTC-linked service information systems, AR-enhanced repair instructions, and after-sales content portals connecting OEM data to dealer networks. Plus ATA Spec 2200 maintenance manuals for aviation and AAR M-1003 procedures for rail.

- ### Technology

Hardware datasheets and IPC-conformant application notes, API/SDK documentation and reference designs from a single source, and SOC 2 / ISO 27001 / NIST 800-series security attestations published into your trust center.

## Industry × regulatory framework.

The standards landscape for each vertical, in one table. Click any industry name to read the deep practice page.

| Industry | Primary Regulators | Key Document Types | Standards Engineered To | Audit Cadence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Government & Defense](https://www.extense.co/industries/government-and-defense) | DoD · DLA · MDA · NSA · NARA · GSA | IETMs · Technical Manuals · Maintenance Procedures · Training materials | S1000D · MIL-STD-40051 · IETP · CSDB | Per-program; major reviews at PDR, CDR, FCA, PCA |
| [Financial Services](https://www.extense.co/industries/financial-services) | SEC · FDIC · FRB · OCC · FINRA | 10-K/10-Q · XBRL filings · Policy docs · Audit-trail logs · Disclosures | XBRL · SOX 404 · Basel III · FINRA 4530 · ISO 20022 | Quarterly (10-Q) · Annual (10-K, SOX) · Continuous (FINRA) |
| [Insurance](https://www.extense.co/industries/insurance) | NAIC · State Insurance Commissioners · IAIS | Product Disclosure Statements · Claim SOPs · Policy variants by state · Underwriting docs | NAIC ORSA · ACORD · ISO Forms · State-specific PDS schemas | Annual ORSA · State filings on rate change · Continuous policy updates |
| [Life Sciences](https://www.extense.co/industries/life-sciences) | FDA (CDER, CDRH) · EMA · NMPA · Health Canada | IFUs · Clinical Study Reports · eCTD/IDMP submissions · SPLs · Risk Management Files | 21 CFR Part 11 · ISO 13485 · ICH E3/E6 · FDA SPL · EU MDR · ISO 14971 | Per-submission · Annual surveillance · Recall events trigger ad-hoc |
| [Transportation](https://www.extense.co/industries/transportation) | FAA · FRA · DOT/NHTSA · USCG · ICAO · IMO | Maintenance manuals · Service bulletins · Owner's manuals · Safety case documentation | S1000D · ATA Spec 2200 (aviation) · AAR M-1003 (rail) · FMVSS (auto) · IMO MSC | Per-modification · Per-incident · Annual fleet inspection cycles |
| [Technology](https://www.extense.co/industries/technology) | FCC · FTC · NIST · CISA · ITAR (defense-tech) | Datasheets · Application notes · Reference designs · API/SDK docs · Security attestations | IEEE · IPC · SOC 2 · ISO 27001 · NIST 800-series · ITAR | Annual SOC 2 · Per-release product docs · Continuous CI/CD-driven publishing |