Conversion Needs Assessment

Exegenix is ready to help you convert your valuable content into XML, with deployment options to meet the conversion needs of organisations of any size.

You can submit a sample for conversion, and if you like, take a moment to help us better understand your conversion requirements via the form below.

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Note: If you prefer, simply contact us and we would be happy to give you a call and discuss your conversion requirements with you.

Current
Conversion
Methods

Manual Processes

Please describe the manual conversion methods currently employed by your organization.

Offshore Services
In-house

Clerical review
Subject-matter expert review

“WYSIWYG” XML editing
Text-based XML editing

Automated Processes

Please describe the automated conversion technologies currently employed by your organization.

OmniMark
XSLT
Perl

Please list any others in the text box

General Description

Our conversion processes are diverse to support a variety of input types and output requirements

If possible, please describe your current overall conversion process here:

Data Characteristics

Volume of Material

Archival

Please provide an estimate of the volume of archival electronic content, in pages, that you need to process. If your conversion requirements do not include archival data, please select "none".

New Content

Please provide an estimate of the volume of new content, in pages per month, that you need to process. If your conversion requirements are not ongoing, please select "None".

Data Formats

Which data formats do you need converted (Check all that apply)

Microsoft Word
WordPerfect
QuarkXPress
HTML (Web pages)

Interleaf
FrameMaker
PDF
PostScript
other(s)

Content Characteristics

Frequency of tables

How frequently do tables appear in a typical document, or generally across your document set?

Unknown	<— Rarely		Occasionally	Frequently —>
	1	2	3	4	5

Complexity of tables

How complex are the tables used in your documents? Are they deeply nested, with complex row and column spanning, with cell coloration and different border styles within a single table?

Unknown	<—Simple		Varying	Complex—>
	1	2	3	4	5

Frequency of Footnotes / Endnotes

How frequently are footnote / endnote marks and references used?

Unknown	<— Rarely		Occasionally	Frequently —>
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Complexity of Footnotes

Does the footnote text span multiple pages? Are they brief or lengthy? Is the footnote text richly structured, or rather simple?

Unknown	<— Simple		Varying	Complex —>
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Frequency of Images and Graphics

How frequently do vector (outline) or raster (bitmap) graphics appear in your documents?

Unknown	<— Rarely		Occasionally	Frequently —>
	1	2	3	4	5

Use of Images and Graphics

How are images used in your documents? Are they used for design / appearance, or are they fundamental to the content / message? Are they to be retained, or discarded in the final output?

Unknown	<— Visual Appeal		Both	Important Content —>
	1	2	3	4	5

Frequency of Sidebars and Callouts

How frequently do sidebars and callouts appear in your documents?

Unknown	<— Rarely		Occasionally	Frequently —>
	1	2	3	4	5

Number of Typefaces Used

Are there a wide variety of typefaces used, to indicate different types of content?

Unknown	<— Few		Average	Many —>
	1	2	3	4	5

Keywords

How frequently do special words and phrases ("inlines"), that must be identified and tagged, appear in your documents?

Unknown	<— Rarely		Occasionally	Frequently —>
	1	2	3	4	5

Consistency of Layout

Is presentation and layout consistent in appearance? Is there a wide amount of variation across a given document? Across the document set?

Unknown	<— Inconsistent		Fair	Consistent —>
	1	2	3	4	5

Processing Requirements

Confidentiality

Is your content confidential? That is, do you require technology for in-house processing, rather than using an outside conversion service?

Unknown	<— Not Confidential		Varies	Confidential —>
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Urgency

Is turnaround time an important factor for your content conversion process?

Unknown	<— Less Urgency		Sooner is better	Very Urgent—>
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Output Requirements

DTDs

Have you selected or created a DTD / Schema for your output materials?

YesNo

Please indicate the type of DTD / Schema to which your output must validate (choose 'No DTD' if your output must only be well-formed):

If applicable, please choose your desired DTD from the list below, or select "Other" if your DTD is not listed.

Content Management

Do you use or intend to use a Content Management System (CMS) to manage this content?