CambridgeDocs Announces PDF XML Converter for Transforming
PDF into XML |
End User Tool allows for low-cost conversion
of PDF files to XML, to XHTML, XSL:FO and RTF
CAMBRIDGE, MA –
December 2, 2003 -
CambridgeDocs today announced the release of its
PDF XML Converter, a stand-alone utility for
those who want to extract and leverage content
that is stored in Adobe PDF files.
This utility, part of the CambridgeDocs XML
Content Backbone, showcases the power of XML as
both an intermediate and destination format for
documents. The PDF XML Converter is capable of
performing diverse transformations from a source
PDF file.
“More and more organizations see PDF as a
strategic standard for the distribution and
consumption of electronic documents. Many
companies will only distribute printed
information – reports, memos, documentation and
invoices,” said Rizwan Virk, CTO of
CambridgeDocs. “However, it is difficult to get
information from PDF files. The PDF XML
Converter allows a low-cost way for individual
users to extract content out of PDF files and to
transform them into another format.”
The XML conversion extracts richly formatted XML
from a PDF document. The XHTML conversion
creates an HTML version of a PDF document,
including images, vector graphics and more. The
XSL:FO conversion creates an XSL:FO (XSL:
Formatting Objects) document from a PDF
document.
“XML, XHTML, and XSL:FO are emerging open
standards for the representation of
text-oriented, or unstructured content. PDF is
currently the most popular format used when
distributing unstructured content,” said Kedron
Wolcott, co-founder and VP Engineering of
CambridgeDocs. “This utility makes it possible
to reuse the content in a PDF document by
converting it into XML.”
The PDF XML Converter can be used with
CambridgeDocs’ other XML-related product
offerings for a complete desktop-to-enterprise
document/content integration strategy. The PDF
XML Converter is also able to transform a PDF
file into RTF for editing in Microsoft Word.
Adobe PDF (Portable Document Format) has become
a de-facto standard for sharing printed
materials electronically. One of its strengths
is to position items at specific points on the
page. Because of this, content published as PDF
files have been difficult to edit and modify.
The PDF XML Converter is available for immediate
download from the CambridgeDocs website (www.cambridgedocs.com).
It retails for $495, but is being offered for a
special introductory price of $199.
About CambridgeDocs
CambridgeDocs is a leader in the emerging market for XML-based content
integration and publishing. This market deals
with the integration of legacy content with new
XML-based systems (e.g. Content Management,
Enterprise Information Portals, EAI, and Web
Services) and standards (e.g. DocBook, HRXML,
RIXML, IRXML, FPML, DAS-XML, NewsML, any custom
XML schema/DTD’s).
Towards this end, CambridgeDocs provides a
technology platform & services for taking
existing unstructured and semi-structured
internal and external content (e.g. MS Word,
HTML, PDF, Quark), and transforming them into
"meaningful XML". Once transformed, the content
can be made available for delivery through
XML-based Web Services, classified and indexed
within Enterprise Information Portals, and
aggregated, assembled and published in different
formats including support for wireless and
mobile devices.
The xDoc Converter is the first step in
CambridgeDocs' strategy for providing Content
Interoperability via a middleware platform, the
CambridgeDocs XML Content Backbone. The
CambridgeDocs XML Content Backbone allows for
sharing, indexing, migrating, repurposing,
republishing and delivery of content between
numerous legacy formats and a variety of
enterprise content systems.
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