Intelligent Document Conversion Solutions^®

Newsletter, Summer 2003

In This Issue

New in the Exegenix Conversion System

The Exegenix Conversion Satellite

Providing even more flexibility for clients, Exegenix is now offering a new model for converting content to XML – the Exegenix Conversion Satellite. It’s deployed on an internal client/external server basis, for organizations that want full control over the entire conversion process, along with total scalability of their processing power.

The client organization interacts with their local Satellite user interface via fast LAN access; a central ECS Engine at Exegenix undertakes intensive content processing. This can significantly improve performance and workflow within the user’s environment, especially if the conversion workload is variable or unpredictable. A user can upload documents to be converted at any time, either individually, in zip files, or via an easy-to-use, browser-based file management interface. Automated conversion takes place at the remote cluster, then the user can locally review the output if required, and add value to the resultant XML if their workflow demands this process, working to their own timetable.

Alternatively, the Exegenix Conversion Satellite can be used to precisely configure data feeds in-house, and send specifications and post-conversion information to an outsource supplier for processing through to final output. From that point, the customer need not interact with the content at all, but can optionally collaborate with the conversion process if required.

This new offering rounds off a flexible range of options to address all conversion needs: from onsite deployment of the full Exegenix Conversion System, to a deployment of the Exegenix Conversion Satellite, right through to the full turnkey Exegenix Conversion Service – all leveraging our technology to provide accurate, fast, cost-effective, ready-to-load XML output.

For more information on what the ECS can do for your organization, visit our website at www.exegenix.com, or contact Steve Downie, VP Sales and Marketing, for a more detailed discussion.

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Insider Information

Font obfuscation

Font obfuscation can be a significant issue during the conversion process. It is generally not identified until conversion is under way, and often the only recourse is to manually retype the document.

Now, Exegenix has developed breakthrough “de-obfuscation” technology, enabling the text of such documents to be automatically converted to XML without any re-keying.

Please contact Ryan Germann, Product Manager, if your current conversion methodology experiences difficulties with obfuscated fonts. Exegenix can help either you or your conversion supplier.

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Exegenix in action

OpenPublish 2003

Exegenix is exhibiting at the OpenPublish event in Philadelphia, PA, June 23-25 and we would be pleased to meet you there to explore potential opportunities. If you would like to schedule some exclusive demo/discussion time, please contact John Brown, Business Development.

We will be at Booth #4 in the Hamilton Room of the Sheraton Society Hill Hotel during expo hours, as follows:

We will also be available during conference hours on June 25 for private demos.

Free expo-only passes are available on the OpenPublish event website until June 16.

See how the Exegenix Conversion System can ease the transition to XML for both commercial and corporate publishers!

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Launching

Exegenix XML Consultants program

Any consultant advising clients on implementing an XML infrastructure, an XML-based CMS, or a publishing system with XML content requirements, will be all too familiar with the limitations of current document conversion methodologies. A successful XML deployment can be hampered by the overwhelming task of converting volumes of legacy documents, and ongoing content conversion costs can be substantial.

Yet you can recommend a more comprehensive and cost-effective solution for your clients than manual conversion or scripting tools. Exegenix is committed to the fast, accurate, cost-effective migration of your clients’ legacy and ongoing content, and offers a flexible range of options to address all conversion needs – all leveraging our technology to provide accurate, fast, cost-effective, ready-to-load XML output.

We offer a referral fee for qualified leads, or commission on any business we close as a direct result of your recommendation. We also welcome your active involvement in such opportunities.

Please contact partners@exegenix.com for more information.

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Exegenix welcomes

Our most recent integration partners are:

Diderot Track

Yola Park
y.park@diderottrack.nl
www.diderottrack.nl
+31 70 396 63 04

“Diderot Track specializes in advising and supporting organizations that wish to establish or enhance their computer information processes and systems. Special attention is paid to the structure, storage and distribution of organizational or inter-organizational information.

The application of international standards to such information structures guarantees that the information will remain available for a long time: the information will retain its value because it is not subject to changes in software versions or computer platforms.

Diderot Track is specialized in the application of international Standards like: SGML, XML, XSL-T, XSL-FO, Xpath, Xlink, Xpointer, Topic Maps, RDF, XBRL, ebXML, etc.

Diderot Track is a member of OASIS"

empolis

Jamie Booth, Managing Director, empolis UK
www.empolis.com
+44 1793 485 465

“empolis is the leading supplier of software solutions with extensive industry experience and corresponding services for enterprise content and knowledge management. With the empolis product lines, e:kms, e:catalox, and e:solutions, an organization's information is transformed into indispensable and profitable capital that achieves a fast return on investment.

empolis is part of arvato - a Bertelsmann company - and employs 300 people in Germany, Hungary, Scandinavia, Poland, UK and the US."

PubTech

Erik Knudsen
erik.knudsen@pubtech.se
www.pubtech.se
+46 705 87 88 17

“PubTech offers and delivers cost effective solutions to fulfil the market’s need for parallel publishing. More specifically we address the market segment that does not want to re-engineer their editorial processes or invest in a full-blown content management system but still need to provide content to their customers in different media. In practise Pubtech works as an application service provider taking responsibility for the whole productions process from PDF via XML to the final target environment, usually a web publishing system. In addition PubTech also offers consultancy services such as project management, information analysis, DTD construction, data capturing and data conversion.”

So if your organization needs a local integration or services partner familiar with the Exegenix Conversion System to streamline your current or planned XML project, contact partners@exegenix.com.

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Resources

We have the following resources available for you to download:

ECS Product Brochure

Includes full details of the Exegenix Conversion System. Click to download

ECS Service Brochure

Presents an overview of the Exegenix Conversion Service. Click to download

Document Complexity in XML Conversion

A discussion of document characteristics from the conversion viewpoint.Click to download

The Exegenix Export DTD

An overview of the Exegenix DTD and the rationale behind its design. Click to download

If you need additional information that you don't see either here or on our website at www.exegenix.com, please let us know. You can contact Sandi Castle, and we'll do our best to accommodate you.

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