General purpose API allows Word, WordML,
HTML, and RTF to PDF publishing from Java
applications using XML and XSL:FO
CAMBRIDGE, MA
– August 23, 2004 - CambridgeDocs
today announced the upcoming release of a new
product, the Java Document Library, which allows
cross-platform Java applications to read, access
and create Microsoft Word, WordML, HTML, RTF,
and PDF files. The Java Document Library
software development kit is especially useful
for Java server-side applications that need to
import or export textual or published content.
Using the publishing capabilities of the Java
Document Library, applications running on
Windows, Linux, and many Unix versions can read
and write Word, HTML, and PDF documents.
Sample applications that are built on J2EE
platforms which need the ability to read and
write documents include Business Correspondence
& Billing, Dynamic Product Catalog, Insurance
Account Management, Technical Documentation,
Research Reports, Scientific Papers, and General
Publishing and Content Management.
“Until now, it has been difficult to read Word
files and publish them to PDF from a pure Java
application environment,” said Rizwan Virk, CTO
of CambridgeDocs. “Companies were limited to
reading Word documents on a Windows server and
needed to have Microsoft Word installed. The
Java Document Library provides a general purpose
solution to the problem of reading and writing
Word and PDF for Java developers.”
The Java Document Library can also convert
existing files (WordML, Word, RTF, HTML, PDF)
into XML and to XSL:FO, HTML, and into RTF.
The Java Document Library is a general purpose
Application Framework and Java class library for
incorporating document functionality into J2EE
and J2SE applications. The Java Document Library
provides an object-oriented approach for reading
and writing documents, using concepts and
patterns familiar to Java developers.
Typically, API’s that access unstructured
content are completely different, and there is
no consistency to how content can be retrieved
from them. The Java Document Library provides a
consistent programming interface across
different document-types.
Some examples of transformations that can be
done include:
- Word (.doc) to PDF (on non-Windows platforms)
- Word (RTF or WordML) to PDF
- Word (.doc, .rtf, WordML) to XHTML and XSL-FO
- HTML to RTF
- PDF to XML
- PDF to HTML
The Java Document Library is built on top of
CambridgeDocs XML Content Backbone technology
and XML is used as the universal middle format
for document display, transformation, and
publishing.
The Java Document Library is available for
download immediately at
www.cambridgedocs.com,
and pricing starts at $15,000 per server.
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, 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.
The xDoc Conversion Server 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
the sharing, indexing, migration, repurposing,
republishing and delivery of content between
numerous legacy formats and a variety of
enterprise content systems.
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