Overview

What is Content@XML?

Content@XML harnesses the power and flexibility of XML content in a simple yet comprehensive content management and workflow application. Supporting many popular XML editing applications, Content@XML manages structured XML source data at varying levels of granularity from individual objects to entire collections of content. Additionally, Content@XML provides extensive document management support for files from other applications such as graphics, text, audio, and visual content.

Content@XML offers project-centric workflow and supports metadata from a wide variety of sources. This powerful and scalable content management solution is designed for organizations that require an efficient and cost effective method of creating, managing, assembling, and delivering dynamic XML content in a multimedia publishing environment.

Who normally uses Content@XML?

Companies that have large repositories of data shared across many output mediums with multiple authors. Technical and specification writer and workgroups benefit greatly from Content@XML. Current users include large manufactures, publishers and high-technology companies.

Does our organization need Content@XML?

The large number of users creating documents ready for the Web and across enterprise information systems has led to the development of XML and its adoption by a variety of organizations and companies. If your company is already using a structured language such as XML or is ready to take the step to a dynamic XML environment, then you need Content@XML.

What will Content@XML do for our organization?

Content@XML offers an object-oriented approach to content management that dynamically assembles and disassembles XML instances. This functionality enables the reuse of information and manages the relationships of XML content, metadata, and collections of this information. In addition, your organization gets full revision and history tracking and the ability to roll back to earlier versions of any content component.

Your organization also has the ability to access information through content and metadata searching and to auto-populate projects and act upon XML and other content based on business logic and custom tools. Users can manage versions of content and documents under development as well as versions that are complete, final, and ready for delivery. Using the Content@XML built-in reports, users can determine where an object is used, when a project is due, or what objects are associated with particular metadata or workflow actions.

Content@XML will automate numerous processes and add efficiencies to the creation use and re-use of XML data through its integrated workflow and intelligent content management functionality. A Content@XML system employed within your organization will turn the update of one piece of XML content or metadata into new Web site content, revised printed or PDF documents, automated e-mail updates, and cell phone or portable device communications.

What are the key features?

Dynamic XML Support: Users can automatically load XML encoded data from an editor, legacy data system, or other source and derive a configuration of XML component objects in the database repository. Configurable User Interface: Content@XML offers a configurable user interface that provides visual access to content objects, the ability to search on XML and other content, and access to XML metadata. Robust Application Development Tools: A open API based on Microsoft COM (NT) and Corba/Java (Unix) enables smooth integration with other applications and facilitates the delivery of content to the Web. Workflow Wizard: The Content@XML workflow wizard manages the exact collection of data components and how they are packaged and distributed enabling users and developers to create XML specifications for dynamic content interaction and transactions with a variety of third-party tools and processes. The workflow wizard will create an XML encoded workflow configuration to define the dynamic processes of data interaction and distribution within Content@XML environment.

Why should we choose XML Professional Publisher?

• Substantially reduces time required to create mission-critical documents
• Eliminates redundant authoring while improving currency and accuracy of content
• Reduces costs associated with accessing and distributing information and accelerates delivery of content to the Web
• Enables customization based on content metadata
• Reduces costs associated with accessing and distributing information while leveraging existing information resources
• Controls access to content: writers develop while outsiders see the “approved” version of content
• Provides meaningful slices of information for editorial access and distribution

What editors can I use with Content@XML?

What are the system requirements?

Will Content@XML save us money?
Yes, similarly to the Content@ product, Content@XML will improve operational efficiency, reduce overall work loads, streamline your workflow processes and drastically reduce the time to final deliverable. Not only will Content@XML save your company money it will put you in the position to make more money from your information resources.

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