Integrated tools reduce cost and effort for
migration of content from PDF, Microsoft Word
and HTML formats into XML
BOSTON –
March 19, 2003 - Altova
(http://www.altova.com),
the industry leader in XML editing tools
software and CambridgeDocs (http://www.cambridgedocs.com),
a leader in the emerging market for XML-based
content integration, today announced the xDoc
Plug-in, a tool for migrating unstructured
content from legacy sources, including Microsoft
Word, HTML, and Adobe PDF documents, directly
into Altova's XMLSPY. The XML content can then
be further edited, transformed or transmitted
via a web service from within the XMLSPY
development environment.
The combined solution is the first step in
helping businesses transform volumes of
pre-existing unstructured HTML, PDF and
Microsoft Word documents into industry standard
XML document formats, such as DocBook XML,
LegalXML, NewsML, HR-XML, SCORM, and other
customer-specific schemas. The resulting XML
content can be efficiently stored in a wide
variety of content management systems, databases
and XML repositories, enabling multi-channel
publishing, and syndication via Web Services.
The xDoc Plug-in for XMLSPY creates a new
"on-ramp" to the CambridgeDocs XML Content
Backbone. XMLSPY users would be able to select
"Open From Microsoft Word", "Open From HTML",
"Open From PDF" or from any other supported
format, and have the documents automatically
converted into XML, along with an appropriate
XSLT stylesheet required to view the XML as a
well-formatted document. The familiar and
powerful XMLSPY user interface can then be used
to manipulate the XML, transform it using XSLT
or publish in various formats, either
programmatically or interactively, depending on
the customers need. The xDoc Plug-in comes with
a set of generic "conversion" rules to define
how the conversion takes place.
Traditional approaches to converting content
into XML require workers to manually retype
thousands of documents or require senior
developers to write custom code or PERL scripts
in a "one-off" fashion. The combined Altova &
CambridgeDocs solution reduces the time and
expense associated with migrating existing
content (e.g. Word, HTML or PDF) into XML.
"CambridgeDocs is very pleased to provide
integration with XMLSPY, the tool of choice for
organizations utilizing XML. Most organizations
have tremendous intellectual investment
locked-up in hundreds of thousands of
unstructured documents formatted in Word, PDF
and HTML. This integration now allows XMLSPY
users to access and re-use that intellectual
capital," commented Irfan Virk, CEO of
CambridgeDocs.
"Translating documents to XML without expensive
conversion projects enables easy reuse and
redeployment of valuable content. The xDoc
Plug-in lets application and content developers
leverage XMLSPY to exploit new uses of existing
information. These applications will give end
users unparalleled access to information that
was previously locked away in single use or
proprietary content storage formats," said
Alexander Falk, President of Altova.
"In addition, since XML is able to completely
separate content from presentation, and hence
allow the same content to be displayed in HTML,
PDF, or other formats new documents can be
quickly assembled from existing disparate
content. The benefit to those organizations
adopting XML is to significantly reduce
authoring and publishing costs and to share
content across organizations using Web
Services", added Virk.
The xDoc Plug-in for XMLSPY is one piece of
CambridgeDocs' strategy for providing Content
Interoperability via the CambridgeDocs XML
Content Backbone. The CambridgeDocs XML Content
Backbone is a middleware platform that allows
for the sharing, indexing, migration,
repurposing, and delivery of content between
numerous legacy formats and a variety of
enterprise content systems. For more on the
CambridgeDocs XML Content Backbone, please visit
www.cambridgedocs.com.
Availability
The xDoc Plug-in is a Java 2 platform engine and
it works on Windows 2000 and Windows XP. The
application can be downloaded for immediate
evaluation and purchase from
www.cambridgedocs.com. For more information
about the xDoc Plug-in for XMLSPY 5, visit:
www.cambridgedocs.com
Altova's XMLSPY 5 is available for free trial
download at
www.altova.com/download, or for purchase
from the Altova Online Shop at
www.altova.com/order.
About Altova
Altova, Inc. is a leading provider of XML
software solutions with offices in Beverly, MA
and Vienna, Austria. The privately held company
was founded in 1992 and has been actively
involved in the XML market from the early
conception of Extensible Markup Language.
Altova's XMLSPY 5 is the leading choice of
Fortune 500 and Global 1000 companies. Altova's
XMLSPY 5 product line is the world's
best-selling XML tool and has won the leading
industry awards including PC Magazine's Editor's
Choice Award and Best Product of 2002. Altova is
a technology partner with the world's leading
software companies including Microsoft, Oracle,
IONA, and Software AG. Altova is a member of the
W3C and WS-I. Visit Altova on the web at
www.altova.com.
About CambridgeDocs
CambridgeDocs is a leader in the emerging market
for XML-based content integration. 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, etc.).
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, etc.), and transforming it
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
multiple different formats including support for
wireless and mobile devices.
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